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tempest

[tem-pist] / ˈtɛm pɪst /


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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

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

At the same time, another tempest was brewing in the nearby all-black public housing project McDougald Terrace.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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