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disquiet

[dis-kwahy-it] / dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪt /




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There has been a significant level of disquiet in F1 at the way Ben Sulayem is conducting himself in office since very early in his first term, and little has changed on that front.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

U.S. stock futures point to small losses while markets in Europe and Asia were largely in positive territory amid AI fever versus Mideast disquiet.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

The report had caused disquiet in South Korea, where the system is a pillar of national defense against nuclear-armed North Korea.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

Cumming hinted at ongoing global disquiet without going too far or getting too pointed.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2026

I was learning to live in the disquiet I felt in Moorland-Spingarn, in the mess of my mind.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Cromwell identifies: “I have travelled so far to get here, and nothing they do disturbs me now, nor disquiets me, high on my branch.”

From Slate Mar. 12, 2020

The Second Half, which is due in the autumn, is billed as a blend of "memoir and motivational writing in a manner which both disquiets and reassures, in Roy Keane's own original voice".

From BBC Jan. 17, 2014

Jealousies and disquiets are the dregs of an amour; but I'll leave mine before I have drawn it off so low.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden

This fable is designed to show us how unreasonable many people are for living in such continual fears and disquiets about the miserableness of their condition.

From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop

Why imagine evil intentions against yourself? cannot you see how the thought troubles and disquiets you?

From Gold Dust A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life by E. L. E. B.

The vast fortunes created by men such as Ford have long disquieted many intellectuals and journalists.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

For Bass, her speech was about more than just reassuring a disquieted populace and workforce.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2025

Herrera has disquieted many of his fellow Republicans for his edgy humor on his YouTube channel and podcast appearances.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2024

Japanese officials have also been disquieted by a series of joint military exercises conducted by China and Russia in the region.

From New York Times Jan. 11, 2023

He searched the wound on Frodo’s shoulder with his fingers, and his face grew graver, as if what he learned disquieted him.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is a particular brand of confidence required to assure party leaders and voters that one has no more skeletons in one’s closet, as Platner did before several more disquieting allegations emerged.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

This story of two strangers who take a job on a fishing boat — their lives are irrevocably altered once they return to shore — slowly pulls you inside its disquieting design.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

This is what makes Mollen’s reference to dating the toxic man that is her son so disquieting: Why would you tell a 12-year-old boy he’s toxic unless you intend for him to be just that?

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

The concept came about in 2019, when anonymous users on message board 4chan were asked to "post disquieting images that just feel 'off'."

From BBC May 29, 2026

During this interval, the control agencies must have found news from Long Island disquieting.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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