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turmoil

[tur-moil] / ˈtɜr mɔɪl /


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The market’s current leap to new records reflects the same impulse to buy the dip that propelled stocks during the Covid-19 pandemic and last year’s tariff turmoil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Even with all the clandestine turmoil, NewsNation’s “unbiased” marketing still appeared to work in public.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

The world beyond this claustrophobic den of tension and turmoil becomes irrelevant.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

However, it could also take months before consumers see lower prices at gas stations and grocery stores, barring any additional turmoil in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

That something happened when personal turmoil dropped by at the wayside shrine of the vast, violent, circling, driving, ridiculous, insane, unfeasible, public turmoil of a nation.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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