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turbulence

[tur-byuh-luhns] / ˈtɜr bjə ləns /




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Four flight attendants were injured on a United Airlines flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles on Wednesday night after the plane experienced turbulence during the descent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Spot VIX sitting around 17.5 doesn’t seem particularly high given the level of market turbulence, which means options protection isn’t crazy expensive right now,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

“It started dropping as if there was turbulence, but crazy. Twenty, 30 seconds of a crazy freefall. It then stabilized and then again started falling,” said Italie, an Israeli ecommerce worker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

It faced turbulence prior to launching when abuse survivors called on former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips to quit.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Still — while Old Chao worked on turbulence, Ralph lectured on about all that had been exciting and important and new in the nineteenth century.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

“The current turbulences and twists and turns are the ones that we do not wish to see,” Li said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

"But now we see little turbulences - meaning, an improvement - compared to what we saw in the first few months," he said.

From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023

Companies with operations outside the United States also face headwinds from a stronger dollar in the wake of steep interest rate hikes and geopolitical turbulences.

From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2022

There were even more serious turbulences in Bulgaria.

From Time Magazine Archive

I sought the resort of crowds, and lived amid turbulences.

From Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend


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