turmoil
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Much of the turmoil is due to an industry-wide struggle to manufacture and monetize heavier electric vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Sources who know the United boss well are adamant there is no better person to handle the turmoil, and it is at times of crisis like this that his innate calmness is a major strength.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Omar says she no longer has her birth certificate, and records with the Somali government are unsurprisingly unavailable, given the country’s decades of internal turmoil.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026
A note published by ING economist Rico Luman on Wednesday highlighted the surge in crude tanker rates that has been triggered by the geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The first development—projective geometry—was born in the turmoil of war.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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