tumultuous
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Gorka has emerged as one of the last men standing after a tumultuous stretch for U.S. counterterrorism leadership.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
Mao founded Communist China in 1949 and led it through a tumultuous and devastating period in the 1960s and 1970s, when an attempt at rapid industrialisation triggered a famine, killing tens of millions.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Perhaps now more than ever, its safe-haven status has made it a reliable hedge against a tumultuous world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Ned Davis Research’s Joe Kalish is interested in pivoting to Treasuries, even as the debt market wraps up a tumultuous week.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The two had hardly spoken since the tumultuous evening Colonel Cathcart had thrown him out of the officers’ club at General Dreedle’s bidding after Chief White Halfoat had punched Colonel Moodus in the nose.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing tumultuous
The Great Gatsby
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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