turmoil
Example Sentences
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“I also wanted to tell a story about grief and the emotional turmoil that it can create.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
The turmoil outside Delaney Hall began after detainees inside launched a hunger and labor strike to protest conditions.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Losing a queen throws a tropical wasp colony into turmoil, triggering violent power struggles and social breakdowns.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
A season of turmoil on Tyneside, undermined by the 11th-hour sale of Alexander Isak to Liverpool.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The Russian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, America’s emergence as a world power, the Second World War, and continuing turmoil in the Middle East all have their roots in the First World War.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing turmoil
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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