turmoil
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Managers of KKR sought to play down turmoil engulfing private-markets firms, as the New York firm beat analysts’ quarterly earnings forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The no-confidence motion against Bolojan now threatens to revive the turmoil.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Those charges were later dropped, and Martinez de Vara eventually decided not to seek a subsequent term as mayor amid the turmoil.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Despite the turmoil, Americans with money in the stock market have fared well during the war.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The United States Army had ventured here before, in the early twentieth century, to restore order during another period of turmoil, only to leave and watch from a distance as the new government eventually collapsed.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing turmoil
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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