turmoil

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In Asia, a round of inflation data from China and economies in Southeast Asia will be scrutinized for signs of stress caused by the energy market turmoil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

On Beams, the album's most vulnerable song, she uses the looping structures of dance music to represent the turmoil of wanting to end a relationship.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The scramble comes after many businesses in the Gulf dropped war-risk cover in recent years to reduce their premiums, brokers said, trusting the region’s reputation as a haven from political turmoil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The current turmoil has been compared with the financial crisis of 2008-09, the most serious such episode since the 1930s, when the Great Depression raged after the 1920s stock market bubble burst.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

And I move more rigid than all the others with a sense of judgment; the vibrations of the chapel bells stirring the depths of my turmoil, moving toward its nexus with a sense of doom.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison