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Sturm und Drang

[shtoorm oont drahng] / ˌʃtʊərm ʊnt ˈdrɑŋ /
NOUN
storm and stress
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And how has all this Sturm und Drang affected the orchestra’s players?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But beneath all the Sturm und Drang, the AI trade had already started to reconfigure itself.

From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025

Oddly, amid all the Sturm und Drang occasioned by the governor’s infrastructure package, Newsom has refrained from using his regulatory authority over CEQA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

The Sturm und Drang around the revamped ceremony reflected the broader discomfort that has been gripping Hollywood and its artisans: Do we still matter?

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

For Sturm und Drang, there’s not much to beat the peroration of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 Fourth of July address.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith


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