disrupt
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The other learning: Companies are building new products that will disrupt existing, publicly traded companies that we seek to avoid.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
“It’s becoming a commercial force and it’s starting to disrupt terrestrial industries.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
A strike that had the potential to disrupt the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"They allow police to step in at an early stage to prevent harm and disrupt organisations while we investigate," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
So the deaths did not disrupt Philadelphia much at all.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing disrupt
Make a Break for It: Rupt
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This Week in Words: December 9 - 15, 2017
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President Obama's Speech to the Nation about Terrorism
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