tempests

plural of tempest

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Recent Examples of tempests But instead of clouds and rain, these electromagnetic tempests are made of plasma, charged particles whipped into motion by Earth's magnetic field. Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025 The force of the collision pushed up mountains three miles high; millions of years of tempests wore them down. Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024 Hwang seems to be suggesting that a line can indeed be drawn from the cultural tempests – too easily dismissed as matters of political correctness – to the real-world tragedies and obscenities that send innocent men to jail and early graves. Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempests
Noun
  • The typical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season has come and gone – and storms are still hard to come by, with only six reported so far this year.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Nevertheless, meteorologists are urging people to remain alert, as sea temperatures remain high and storms can still form well into October and even November.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In an alternate timeline without COVID-19 and the cultural upheavals of 2020, Bennet might be the executive editor of The New York Times.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The United States and South Korea previously butted heads over how to handle the threat from North Korea, and there have been periodic public upheavals in Korean public opinion over tragic incidents involving American troops stationed on the peninsula.
    KURT M. CAMPBELL, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In July, a geologist warned that an ongoing cluster of smaller earthquakes near the Nicobar Islands could signal a volcanic eruption in the Andaman Sea, which raises fears of another tsunami.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But history shows that technological revolutions tend to transform roles rather than simply eliminate them.
    Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Interestingly, it was found spinning at 100 revolutions per second.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Tempests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempests. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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