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
For those not chronically online, however, this past week’s tempest over Wikipedia can be jolting—especially given the site’s objective to remain trustworthy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 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
He watched as one tempest swept away about $1 million in rides and other property in the span of 15 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
“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
Vocabulary lists containing tempest
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Tempest
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