unnerved
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Flores and others said they were unnerved by this year’s storm season, and worried that it was a consequence of humans throwing the natural world out of balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
TD Cowen analyst Robert Moskow said investors have also become unnerved by an expected sales dip for Conagra’s ongoing quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The local postmaster, a Jacksonian Democrat named Alfred Huger, was unnerved by what he considered inflammatory content and sequestered the abolitionist material, rather than comply with his legal obligation to deliver the mail.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Having felt confident I would get a clean bill of health - especially when it comes to my skin - I was a bit unnerved to discover that I'd need to have extra tests.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Now thoroughly unnerved, I tell him I’m not working an eleven-hour shift, not without time and a half after eight.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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