disrupt

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The research team wanted to determine whether signals from these cells could disrupt otherwise healthy lungs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Tech companies are contending with the rise of artificial intelligence, which could disrupt the way people shop.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

For most parents, a realistic goal “is usually not to fully fund college, but to create enough flexibility so school decisions” don’t disrupt the family’s finances, Bogardus said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

It, like Saronic and the others, is looking to disrupt traditional defense prime contractors by making lower-cost, smarter systems.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 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