Sturm und Drang

noun

ˌshtu̇rm-u̇nt-ˈdräŋ How to pronounce Sturm und Drang (audio)
Definition of Sturm und Drangnext
as in turmoil
a disturbed or uneasy state in a year filled with corporate Sturm und Drang, the company was headed by no fewer than three different CEOs

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Recent Examples of Sturm und Drang Thanksgiving season offers a respite from this Sturm und Drang. — MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025 His own work seethed with the gritty vernacular of the street, evoking the Sturm und Drang of the Midwestern metropolis. — News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025 Yet there has been an asymmetry between the Sturm und Drang of that operation—a midnight raid featured agents rappelling from helicopters onto a South Side apartment building—and its effect. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 Still, after all the Sturm und Drang surrounding Starbucks in the last few years, the best favor a CEO could do for the company and its troops is to be clear and articulate the way forward. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024 Of course, few movies arrive onscreen with as much cultural Sturm und Drang as director Marc Webb’s megabudget contemporization of 1937’s epochal Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
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turmoil
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  • Challenges to the studies include cooperation of participants as the outbreak is occurring in an area of armed conflict and political turmoil which could hinder recruitment.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Investing in gold can diversify your portfolio, as it’s seen as a safe-haven investment during times of uncertainty or turmoil and as an inflation hedge.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 7 July 2026
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