destabilize
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Repeated gravitational nudges from Jupiter can gradually destabilize asteroids in this region.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
A collective exit can destabilize the system and create a scramble to balance power supply and demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Instead of repairing genetic material, too much EXO1 can break down DNA and destabilize the genome, a key feature of cancer.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
It said that he returned "with the intent to destabilize" the country and that he provided financial support to the M23's political arm.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
“It seems to me that you are all determined to start a panic that will destabilize everything we have worked for these last thirteen years!”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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According to the study, the buildup of toxic proteins destabilizes the outer membrane of the nucleus, causing it to shrink and eventually disintegrate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
SYDNEY—New Zealand’s economic recovery remained frustratingly tentative in the fourth quarter of last year, with economists warning that the outlook faces fresh threats as the war in the Middle East destabilizes the world economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
It spreads into South Sudan, it destabilizes South Sudan, it spreads into Chad, it’s got refugees in Egypt.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025
Nick’s energized romantic do-si-do destabilizes the group, and gives them something new to gossip about and compare their own lives with as they wobble through the ensuing year.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
This enzyme destabilizes the proteins in the milk – the proteins then aggregate together and make a gel.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
As someone who was a freelance writer for about a year, I can empathize with the desire to keep your life flexible while also feeling destabilized by the lack of structure.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Their results indicate that about eight out of 10 planets around tight binary stars would be destabilized, and most of those would ultimately be destroyed.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Healthcare jobs are now the most reliable ticket to the middle class after automation, globalization and now AI have destabilized other formerly dependable routes, such as factory and office work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Meanwhile, Tuesday marked four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — a war that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and destabilized European security.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
I thought Ocean would wake up, dizzy and destabilized by this emotional train wreck to discover that it hadn’t been worth it, actually; that I hadn’t been worth it.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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Directing Suda was its own destabilizing experience, he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Technicians monitoring the monument’s 140 microfractures have noted that further high-impact sculpting would risk catastrophic rockfalls, potentially destabilizing the scupture of Abraham Lincoln.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Watching egocentrism augment in real time, on a mass scale, is as heartbreaking and destabilizing as death itself.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
“If the answers are honest and you can afford it without destabilizing yourself, have the best time and go! Don’t let anyone guilt you out of joy you’ve budgeted for,” she told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
Over and over again, I heard the same story: the police and the defense force were destabilizing the area.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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