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“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

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

Brokerages don’t like when shares are immediately resold because it can destabilize the IPO price and strain relationships with underwriters, Taube says.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Despite the pointed rhetoric, Sheinbaum has stopped short of accusing Trump directly of trying to destabilize her government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 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

Now, the future of that strategy is in question as a warming planet destabilizes Himalayan glaciers—putting human lives and billions of dollars at risk, report Niharika Mandhana, Krishna Pokharel and Tripti Lahiri.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

It spreads into South Sudan, it destabilizes South Sudan, it spreads into Chad, it’s got refugees in Egypt.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025

"That destabilizes many buildings, roads and infrastructure, but each bit is local and getting a complete picture is hard."

From Salon ● May 24, 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

But the task is complicated by the fact that risks are dispersed across the Himalayas, while a 2015 earthquake destabilized many rock masses on the southern slopes, the embassy said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The war has triggered a severe global oil shortage that has destabilized electronics, agriculture, pharmaceutical and energy supply chains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Surging energy prices destabilized stocks trading in Asia and Europe on Monday.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 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

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

Mine shafts were bored through the earth like holes through Swiss cheese, often destabilizing whole valleys.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson