turbulent history

collocation in English

meaningsofturbulentandhistory

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turbulent
adjective
uk
/ˈtɜː.bjə.lənt/us
/ˈtɝː.bjə.lənt/
involving a lot of sudden changes, arguments, ...
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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofturbulentandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofturbulent history

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Given the city'sturbulenthistory, it is not surprising that there are virtually no tax-records, hardly any original city council minutes and no consistory court registers.
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Entrenched positions cemented over many decades of history, and sometimes aturbulenthistoryat that, will not be changed merely by ministerial exhortations.
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Hansard archive
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The question deserves all the more to be asked because this project already has aturbulenthistory.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We tried, despite the terrible,turbulenthistoryof religious and warring divisions.
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Hansard archive
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It is also relevant, when considering the present position, to bear in mind the short butturbulenthistoryof the exceptional severe weather payments.
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Hansard archive
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It has behind it more than 300 years of bitter andturbulenthistory.
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But every day, given the history of our continent – a tragic andturbulenthistory– the calendar is going to record sad events for each of our countries.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It has had aturbulenthistory.
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Hansard archive
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Edmunds, which has a long and somewhatturbulenthistory.
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Hansard archive
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My constituency has aturbulenthistory.
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Hansard archive
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The city was located in hostile territory surrounded by inhospitable tribes, and had aturbulenthistory.
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Despite all these changes, theturbulenthistoryof the building is still legible.
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The equestrian figures from episodes from the region'sturbulenthistoryincorporate representations of the channeling of ase to safeguard the conquering hero.
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Wikipedia
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The second episode is filled with angst and difficulties face by that vast country through many periods ofturbulenthistory.
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Such diversity comes from theturbulenthistoryof the region.
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With thisturbulenthistorythe future was unpredictable.
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In accordance with its title, it attempts to describe, in light of theturbulenthistoryand philosophy of mathematics, the experience of being a mathematician.
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Wikipedia
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The castle's yard contains relics of itsturbulenthistory.
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Wikipedia
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In later times it had aturbulenthistory.
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