disrupt

Example Sentences

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I understand how frustrating it is to see homeless encampments in neighborhoods and to deal with unhoused people who disrupt one’s day, as my wife does at her restaurant in Santa Ana.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

He suggested Ukraine's main objective was not only to strike the assets "important to Russia's image of grand power", but to disrupt key logistical convoys, command posts, and communication towers.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Fears that U.S.-Canada trade tensions and a wave of renewal of mortgages at higher rates could disrupt financial stability have yet to materialize, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

It can alter immune activity, disrupt nerve structures, and reshape tissues throughout the body, increasing the risk of conditions such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, neuropathy, and cancer.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Violent solar storms produce brilliant flares that disrupt radio communications on Earth; and immense arching plumes of hot gas, guided by the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar prominences, which dwarf the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan