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destabilize

[dee-stay-buh-lahyz] / diˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪz /


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“Without relief, Defendants’ calculated campaign will continue to inflict fear, to destabilize SAL’s operations, and to cause further irreparable harm.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

California’s budget experts have warned that maintaining full Medi-Cal coverage for immigrants without seeking additional revenue would destabilize the state’s long-term fiscal outlook.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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

"Iran's history goes back thousands of years. Things like this only make us stronger; they won't destabilize the team," boasted the Iranian-American, who had traveled from San Diego, just across the border in California.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

They might “build on public panic to further destabilize the system by disseminating rumors” and therefore “increase media coverage” and “stress the public health system.”

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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

The heat destabilizes the emulsion and the separate oil and water phases will reform.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024

This abrupt shift in narration destabilizes the reader — like the tremor of an earthquake, or the sudden loss of vision in one eye that Tunde experiences from time to time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

If human disturbance makes it easier for new "invaders" to enter these relationships, even when those species are native, other mutualistic partnerships could also become destabilized.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

Customers who feel destabilized financially by tariffs and global conflict have used the stores to try to find lower prices.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 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

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

It’s a confounding and destabilizing experience for overachieving women used to being on top of every detail.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Even as Chinese policymakers blocked much of the internet’s destabilizing potential, they went all in on its ability to promote economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Directing Suda was its own destabilizing experience, he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Watching egocentrism augment in real time, on a mass scale, is as heartbreaking and destabilizing as death itself.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 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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