tranquility

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His Holiness also neglects St. Augustine’s definition in “The City of God” that peace is “the tranquility of order,” not just the absence of war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

And in floundering the ending, “Undertone” reminds us that tranquility can be far more unsettling than a cacophony of sight and sound.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

"We wish we had the peace and tranquility we have here back in Guatemala," 45-year-old Glendy Pineda told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Vail Hartman, a U.S. rates strategist at BMO Capital Markets, warned that this recent bout of bond-market tranquility could be the “calm before the correction.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry