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As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts.
The plane hit severe turbulence and Tom's coffee went all over the lady sitting next to him.
A baby was flung out of its mother's arms when a plane hit severe turbulence while commencing its descent prior to landing.
Severe turbulence during the flight and very poor cabin service didn't make for an enjoyable start to our holiday.
Movie subtitles
The storms threatened her, yet in a way they aided her by hiding her in their turbulence.
Turbulence? I doubt it.
We encountered a little clear air turbulence and atmospheric phenomena but there's been no damage to the aircraft except for some temporary radio malfunction. There's no cause for alarm and i'll keep you posted.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are approaching an area of possible turbulence.
Our warning system can pick up the turbulence this creates.
It could be a commercial plane that's lost power, no turbulence would be created.
We hit turbulence and wound up on the deck, in full view.
We'll be smashed to bits if there's turbulence.
The only danger of turbulence is in the heart, and we're not going through it.
This craft couldn't stand the turbulence.
To minimise the turbulence we will have to arrest the heart.
Mr. Spock. We can't avoid these areas of turbulence.
Mr. Spock. Can't avoid these areas of turbulence?
It's not the turbulence, sir. Damage is minimal. What caused it?
What was that shaking? Turbulence?
We encountered a little clear air turbulence and atmospheric phenomena but there's been no damage to the aircraft except for some temporary radio malfunction.
Can't avoid these areas of turbulence?
There's 10-scale turbulence right now.
It's all right, captain. The turbulence has abated.
Turbulence hit you that hard?
Well, even so, Colonel, because of our size. Well, I mean, the lack of it, we'll still be cruising pretty fast. We'll be smashed to bits if there's any turbulence.
The only danger of turbulence is in the heart. And we're not going through it.
This craft could never stand the turbulence.
In order to minimize the turbulence, we will have to arrest the heart.
I'll demonstrate the molecular turbulence at the focal point.
The turbulence has abated.
It's not the turbulence, sir, damage to the ship is minimal.
Indications of energy turbulence ahead.
That sound was the turbulence caused by the penetration of a boundary layer. - What boundary layer?
The lurch we felt was the turbulence of its reaction.
Put all sections on standby, turbulence alert.
News and current affairs
The release of Alan Greenspan's ghostwritten memoirs The Age of Turbulence has elicited charges that he was not such a great central banker after all.
By announcing its determination to go ahead with a distant NMD, the US has created political turbulence which it must address now if major damage is to be avoided.
Yet they are hardly Swedish characteristics, or for that matter are they dominant in Finland and Norway (two countries that experienced severe financial turbulence in 1992-1993).
What followed was unprecedented political turbulence, including mass demonstrations on a scale never seen before.
Moreover, viewed from a wider perspective, economic and social turbulence on Europe's southern periphery will constitute a geopolitical risk.
Of course, there may well be turbulence: when US wage levels appear low because of a weak dollar, it is hard to export to America, and other countries must rely on other sources of demand to maintain full employment.
In addition, those in favor of reviving EU-China arms trade see such sales as a stabilizer in bouts of political turbulence and are loath to let bad politics interfere with good business.
Starting last summer, the breakdown of the market for US sub-prime mortgages triggered turbulence in financial markets, with no end in sight.
After the outbreak of turbulence in financial markets last year, the European Central Bank immediately provided ample liquidity to calm the situation, and has continued to do so ever since.
But, although the prospect of the Fed raising interest rates is likely to create significant turbulence in emerging countries' financial markets, the risk of outright crises and distress is more limited.
Today's political turbulence, indeed, has the same roots as yesterday's financial storms: inadequate, unsound, and unformed institutions.
With the Fed considering exiting its quantitative-easing policy altogether and raising interest rates over the next year, global markets are set to experience significant turbulence.
This is also an opportunity for the IMF to formulate and announce its policy to address global financial market turbulence.
Corporations, foundations, and civil-society groups, in turn, are much more likely to forge lasting ties with their counterparts in local communities in the host countries - relationships that will survive changes of government and fiscal turbulence.
After six turbulent but somewhat predictable decades, we may be entering into a new era of greater turbulence but less predictability on the Korean Peninsula.
In the face of all of this turbulence, some suggest that America should turn inward.
The result should help India to continue - not without occasional turbulence - its journey toward becoming a high-growth economy that raises the standard and quality of life for the poor.
But, despite some transitional market turbulence, the overall effect will likely be positive.
The Chinese Communist Party's success in navigating the turbulence of the global economic crisis with barely a shudder has attracted the attention of others who would follow its example.
As a result, the world's international economic institutions will need to be strengthened in terms of governance and resources so that they can act as circuit-breakers in the event of future financial and economic turbulence.
Obama, while an inspirational orator, has shown a cool and calm demeanor in responding to both the financial crisis and the turbulence of political campaigning.
Given this, officials, investors, and business leaders in search of revolutionary ideas, cutting-edge solutions, and untapped talent should not allow turbulence in some societies, or tranquility in others, to influence their decisions excessively.
Few people foresaw the subprime crisis of 2008, the risk of default in the eurozone, or the current turbulence in financial markets worldwide.