turmoil
Example Sentences
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The turmoil outside Delaney Hall began after detainees inside launched a hunger and labor strike to protest conditions.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Losing a queen throws a tropical wasp colony into turmoil, triggering violent power struggles and social breakdowns.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration is still in turmoil, but Wall Street no longer cares.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“We get turmoil, we get equity markets pulling back significantly, we get rates reduced significantly as a result.”
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The men hastened to follow her, jostling and shoving past Serafina Pekkala, who had only time to stand quickly aside, her mind in a turmoil.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing turmoil
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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