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

But summoning this tempest is something of an act of will.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

So I hope that’s not just a ripple; I hope it’s the butterfly wings that start the tempest, leading more and more people to behave like socially conscious consumers.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

When Ruben Amorim predicted a "storm would come" surely even he did not anticipate the scale of the tempest through December.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

“But the tears are necessary. Don’t you remember what Othello said? ‘If after every tempest came such calms, may the winds blow till they have wakened death.’

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley