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
Minutes later, these new friends cross the threshold into George and Martha’s dissolute tempest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 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
It’s calm, too calm, yellow fluttering birds that don’t belong in this life-bucking tempest.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Tempest
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