disrupt
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But some in the White House believe her premature return could provoke a confrontation and disrupt the administration’s transition plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Space Force, the service of the armed forces that deals with this topic, has defined space control as efforts to “destroy, disrupt, or degrade” vital assets in outer space.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Fluence Energy cut its fiscal-year revenue forecast as production delays and logistical problems disrupt its new Houston manufacturing facility.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
China's foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told reporters on Monday "narratives of threat, confrontation, and malicious competition serve only to disrupt the process of global AI governance and are not in anyone's interest".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The sheriff said, “That’s one of y’all’s options, but that’s problemish too; the roads is full of people looking to disrupt what you got planned.”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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When Rosales writes about cholos, she disrupts caricatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“That kind of capability directly disrupts the operational advantage these transnational criminal organizations rely on, and it strengthens our ability to protect both Texas communities and the broader region,” he said in an email.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
But he declined to order sweeping changes to its business because he believed consumers’ habits would change as artificial intelligence disrupts traditional search engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Changing those structures at short notice creates significant uncertainty, disrupts planning, and places additional operational and financial pressure on organisations that are already operating with limited resources."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
We trade in our morning books for our afternoon books and then Boy21 says, “They don’t want me to wear my outer-space clothes. They say it disrupts the school day. Do you agree?”
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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Menin loss also disrupted a chemical pathway important for communication between brain cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
In Barcelona, some metro stations were closed and buses diverted, while regional trains were disrupted and flights delayed or cancelled at El Prat airport.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Prices also eased on expectations that Saudi Arabia could restore some disrupted export capacity, softening Middle Eastern supply concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Tumors grew more quickly in mice whose immune hubs had been disrupted than in animals whose hubs remained intact.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Either piece of news—rising ratings standards or falling house prices—should have disrupted the subprime bond market and caused the price of insuring the bonds to rise.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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So while he might know that his brother’s expectation that you pay for meals out is unreasonable, the cost may be worth it to him, if only to avoid disrupting the system.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
They did not engage with the media, and said little to members of the public whose journeys and weekends they were disrupting.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
While it is true that AI is disrupting corporate software, the incumbents are mounting a defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Eight airports had halted operations over the weekend after ash was detected in their airspace, disrupting thousands of flights and leaving more than 270,000 passengers stranded, the transport ministry reported Monday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
The outpost fell quickly into Octavian’s hands, breaking Mark Antony’s chain at a critical point and disrupting his communication and supply route.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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