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Caution tape was strung up along the edge of the sand at the tony second-home community’s picturesque Main Beach, where waves already were roiling Friday afternoon, News12 Long Island video showed.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2023

The company filed privately for an IPO in May 2022 but delayed those plans last fall when the markets were roiling due to recession fears.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Treasury secretary visited China, Washington and Beijing were locked in a trade war, the Trump administration was preparing to label China a currency manipulator, and fraying relations between the two countries were roiling global markets.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

While these discontents were roiling, that's when he really met Meghan, and Meghan really reinforced his sense that he wasn't being, essentially, appreciated enough for his own gifts.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2022

Inside Hermaphroditus old tensions were roiling, trying to work themselves out.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides