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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

"Since the 1970s, mathematical models have predicted that large, complex ecosystems should destabilize and collapse," Montanari said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play veteran CIA operatives who, after helping destabilize Salvador Allende’s government in 1973 Chile, head to Easter Island on a more personal assignment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“On the other side, the Houthis are extending their geographic reach, gaining a foothold that could further destabilize one of the world’s most critical economic chokepoints,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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

But that strategy has come into question as a warming planet destabilizes Himalayan glaciers and river systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

Gating, in contrast, occurs when a heavy ion flow disrupts the charge balance and destabilizes the pore's structure.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025

I date occasionally and nothing destabilizes these men more than when I say, hey, really enjoying our time together, but I never wanna get married ever again.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 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

Construction across mountains in South Asia is placing more workers in risky terrain that is being destabilized by warming temperatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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

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

According to the bosses, this broke an unwritten rule: Nothing emotionally destabilizing should be brought up at the Tuesday meeting, since therapists would see clients right after.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Unless you go through it, it can be difficult to understand how destabilizing a false positive can be.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

For her, it’s not just about someone who understands that rents are high or that groceries are expensive, but about a candidate who understands how destabilizing all those things can be.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Directing Suda was its own destabilizing experience, he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Three profoundly destabilizing scientific ideas ricochet through the twentieth century, trisecting it into three unequal parts: the atom, the byte, the gene.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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