turbulence
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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
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“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
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I sought the resort of crowds, and lived amid turbulences.
From Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend
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