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Recent Examples of tempest People caught in the tempest discovered the limits of human control. Ethan Wolin updated July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025 In this tempest of confusion, a welcome sea-change is occurring in markets: value is finally outperforming growth. James Berman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025 The show actually opens in a lighter vein, with Kumar showing us the play’s inspiration: a 2017 photograph of the then four-year-old Prince George, which, at the time, caused a tempest in an online teapot. Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 June 2025 These accoutrements saved our weekend when a late-May tempest blew across Colorado’s San Luis Valley one night. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tempest
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Noun
  • The seemingly low-risk, high-reward form of gambling has taken the sports betting world by storm.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Follow our coverage of the latest rain totals, forecasts and alerts as storms move through the state.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Al-Sudani, who rose to power after that upheaval, insisted his government had taken tangible steps to restore public trust, such as economic progress and political stability.
    Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But this journey takes place during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, a moment of profound historical upheaval and political unrest — when everything is on the verge of change.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While flying over southeast Ohio, the Shenandoah encountered a powerful squall line that tore the airship apart.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Still, the richest, most enduring pleasures here are formal ones, beginning with the exacting still-life compositions and oily, vehement primary hues of Jenkins’ 16mm lensing, which can make a painterly subject of a maritime squall or a mustard-yellow wading boot.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But elections could act as a lightning rod for frustration over political repression to tip over into unrest.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lecornu appeared to have negotiated a safeguard against further political unrest.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Employers can tap our natural human urge to connect through culture-building and clear organizational purpose – especially during rapid transformation like the AI revolution and other economic pressures.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Appelhans compared today’s animation landscape to music’s digital revolution.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The breakthrough could help create smaller, portable clocks capable of detecting dark matter, predicting earthquakes, and testing the laws of physics.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The earthquake struck at a depth of just 3 miles, with its epicenter roughly 24 miles south-southeast of Sandy Valley.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Tempest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempest. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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