tumult
Example Sentences
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Cities like Dubai and Riyadh, which have long taken pride in their safety from the tumult of the region, have been drawn in, with the growing chaos sparing few countries in Iran's vicinity.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
As scary as April’s Liberation Day stock swoon was, some Americans took advantage of the tumult to boost their gains in what turned out to eventually be a good year for the S&P 500.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Life waxes and wanes between peace and tumult, elation and despair.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
And they passed over Udûn and Gorgoroth and saw all the land in ruin and tumult beneath them, and before them Mount Doom blazing, pouring out its fire.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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