tempest
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Haiti's Civil Protection Agency reported two people died and another was injured Thursday when the tempest triggered a landslide in the west of the island nation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
When he finally turned south, however, he met what may have been the fiercest tempest on Lake Superior in more than 60 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
An end to the Graeme Shinnie at left-back experiment, the veteran having being turned inside out in the tempest of Celtic's attack in recent weeks.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
The wind had increased to a tempest, and hurled great blazing brands over our heads.”
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
Now, scientists have discovered that these massive tempests can also generate lightning far more powerful than anything typically seen on Earth.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026
Now small armies of amateur Internet sleuths and movie fans have joined the fray, turning gripes and teapot tempests into social media scandals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
Over the years, ships lost in tempests have piled up on the seabed, themselves becoming hazards to vessels that drag nets around.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023
In the midst of these tempests, seven months after leaving England, scurvy swept through the fleet.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2023
It was his habit to walk to and from church every Sunday, and this he did, undeterred by tempests, boiling sun, or freezing weather.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Vocabulary lists containing tempest
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Tempest
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