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as in tumultuous
marked by sudden or violent disturbance these are turbulent, dangerous times in a region known for being a powder keg

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Recent Examples of turbulent With wool and linen, a turbulent part of English and French history has been preserved. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025 Scientists traced one to the turbulent, magnetically active region around a rapidly spinning star called a magnetar. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025 Jimmy Butler's sixth season with the Miami Heat has been turbulent. Chantz Martin, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025 This data supports the growing trend in investing in collectables and historical artefacts, which are more likely to hold and increase their value in turbulent financial markets than other traditional forms of investment. Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for turbulent 
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Adjective
  • After the end of the apartheid regime, Tutu also served as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was established to investigate acts of violence committed both by government forces and violent activists.
    Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The show follows the events surrounding the real-life Mountain Meadows Massacre, a violent attack that led to the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher wagon train.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Miles Byrd finished with 11 after another rough first half (four points, three turnovers).
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Shares have been in a rough patch as of late, off about 12% over the past three months.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • The big picture: New data shows bleak economic conditions in Europe, especially relative to the U.S. The eurozone economy did not grow at all in the final months of 2024.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
  • New national test scores show a bleak picture of American education in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
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  • But this tumultuous journey, rife with the problems of the modern era, is coming to an end.
    Kate McMahon, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The exchange between artist and patron, however, becomes corrosive, a tumultuous dynamic fueled by Van Buren’s megalomania and Tóth’s creative compulsion.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Defensive standouts Bruce Smith and Derrick Thomas were ferocious competitors.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The latter, which begins at Second and Market Streets, circles Union Square and ends at Kearny Street and Columbus Ave., includes floats, ferocious lions, firecrackers and a 288-foot long Golden Dragon.
    Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • The match featured some wild moves as both competitors made their way through multiple ladders.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • In a wild move, the Mavericks dealt their franchise star, Luka Doncic, to the Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
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  • Los Angeles has received essentially no rainfall in over 10 months, with the driest start to a rainy season on record, parching soils and vegetation and setting the stage for extreme winds to intensify and spread the fires.
    Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
  • San Diego has only gotten 0.14 inches of rain since Oct. 1, leading to the driest start of the rainy season since 1850.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Ben Vaughn, one of the most consequential publishing executives in Music City and a fierce advocate for songwriters, died suddenly Thursday.
    Nate Rau, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Bottom line By about five minutes into Zuckerberg’s prepared remarks, one thing was made perfectly clear: The fierce intensity he’s picked up in the octagon has made its way to the boardroom.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025

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“Turbulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbulent. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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