social turmoil

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandturmoil

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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turmoil
noun[S or U]
uk
/ˈtɜː.mɔɪl/us
/ˈtɝː.mɔɪl/
a state of confusion, uncertainty, ...
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(Definition ofsocialandturmoilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsocial turmoil

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The political andsocialturmoilin recent years has limited this price rise.
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A really good question speaks from common sense and, because it does, the results can be expected to produce vastsocialturmoil.
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Julian, troubled with insomnia, enters into a mesmeric sleep in a specially constructed sepulchral underground room in the year 1887, a time ofsocialturmoiland unrest.
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The local-level changes were strongly reinforced by post-revolutionary political instability,socialturmoil, and the new regime's antagonism toward large capitalist agricultural enterprises.
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All of these factors combined to generate a high degree ofsocialturmoilin the south in the 1980s.
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Despite the political andsocialturmoil+ strikes, for example, and never-ending hostile parliamentary debates + the counterpart fund programme had been successfully inaugurated.
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If the confrontation escalates further, there may besocialturmoil.
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If we do not, we are storing up for this country the most profound and agonisingsocialturmoilthat it has encountered for many years.
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Earth, although free, remains in economic andsocialturmoil.
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Initially, the declaration of martial law was well-received, given thesocialturmoilof the period.
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This period was characterized bysocialturmoiland power disputes between left- and right-wing political forces.
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Her charms are sufficient to keep him interested, fortunately, while she navigates familial andsocialturmoil.
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It began as a natural expression of grief and has turned intosocialturmoil.
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It was the first in a series of controversial epics on thesocialturmoilcaused by the war.
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In the midst of a society tormented by war, racism, andsocialturmoil, therapy goes on with business as usual.
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But in spite of this apparent infirmity, this tall tulou withstood 700 years of natural elements andsocialturmoil.
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Chen apologized to the public for thesocialturmoilcaused by the incident and offered to resign three times.
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