tumultuousness

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Noun
  • Nanjiani steered the audience through the tie in the Live-Action Short category as calmly and confidently as a pilot navigating turbulence, and in the process probably bumped up his stock as a host for the precursor circuit.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Three people were taken to a hospital after a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles encountered turbulence shortly before landing in Sydney on Friday, health officials in Australia said.
    Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Other local Iranian American groups are making similar efforts to square the spirit of the holiday with the upheaval and violence their families now face.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Hundreds of thousands have gathered in Gwanghwamun in recent years to mourn, protest and celebrate as the country weathered tragedy and political upheaval.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • So how could a movie so hellbent on excitement feel so anticlimactic by its end?
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
  • ServiceNow’s software-as-a-service model has struggled on the stock market in recent months, lagging due to investor excitement around AI agents.
    Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The lyrics are often cryptic and clipped, but bear evidence of turbulence and tumult.
    Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Arizona State, desperate for some measure of stability amid the tumult engulfing football, responded by awarding him a two-year extension.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His neighbors and roommates overheard the commotion from the shooting.
    Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The vocals twitch as a backflipping commotion takes over the streets.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Michelle Sparck, director of Get Out the Native Vote, a nonpartisan voting rights advocacy group affiliated with the Alaska Federation of Natives, worries about creating confusion and fear among voters.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Other passengers described confusion and disorganization within the lines themselves.
    Jared Eggleston, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Plus, the movie is simply too goofy and good-natured for any of its feminist agitation to land.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Rattlesnake bite symptoms include puncture wounds, swelling, bleeding, pain, agitation or depression, according to UC Davis.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The third one is transgenerational trauma; the fact that this sense of dispossession, this sense of insecurity, this sense of unsettlement is transferred from generation to generation.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The first sign of unsettlement is when Carl starts bringing mismatched chairs to Jody’s shop, where the play takes place, claiming his own apartment is too small.
    ELISABETH VINCENTELLI, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
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“Tumultuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumultuousness. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.

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