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
Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump's 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Certain Sturm und Drang surrounding Rust between 2021 and today was echoed inside Toruń’s unvarnished Cinema City.
—Nick Newman, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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
The effect is meditative and moving, an urgent quietude not always found in the Sturm und Drang that attends both our contemporary poetry and our politics.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Kate has long been a reliable pillar of the British family, showing up and smiling at every public event at which she was asked to appear, reacting to the Sturm und Drang of royal drama with an air of determined normalcy.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024
And Dastmalchian’s performance is ultimately too interesting and layered to deserve a finale that, for all its pyrotechnic Sturm und Drang, feels so shallow.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
Engulfed in the Sturm und Drang of the rest of Dark Matter, this slightly ungainly quasi-lullaby could potentially come off as corny and off-script.
—Morgan Enos, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2024
Months removed from the Sturm und Drang, Gelfond’s detractors have come around.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Certain Sturm und Drang surrounding Rust between 2021 and today was echoed inside Toruń’s unvarnished Cinema City.
—Nick Newman, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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
The effect is meditative and moving, an urgent quietude not always found in the Sturm und Drang that attends both our contemporary poetry and our politics.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Kate has long been a reliable pillar of the British family, showing up and smiling at every public event at which she was asked to appear, reacting to the Sturm und Drang of royal drama with an air of determined normalcy.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024
And Dastmalchian’s performance is ultimately too interesting and layered to deserve a finale that, for all its pyrotechnic Sturm und Drang, feels so shallow.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
Engulfed in the Sturm und Drang of the rest of Dark Matter, this slightly ungainly quasi-lullaby could potentially come off as corny and off-script.
—Morgan Enos, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2024
Months removed from the Sturm und Drang, Gelfond’s detractors have come around.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Sturm und Drang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Sturm%20und%20Drang. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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