- present participle of disrupt.
disrupting
Example Sentences
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At one point, the mayor even compared street taco vendors to homeless encampments, with both supposedly disrupting the fabric of a well-run city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
But this year’s gargantuan amount of AI-related debt supply also “feels like they are hitting a limit of what’s possible without disrupting the market.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Other countries may be reluctant to reduce their reliance on Chinese suppliers at the risk of disrupting domestic manufacturing, Wan said.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The U.S. would ensure that Syria and Lebanon make securing the border and disrupting smuggling a priority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
A searing pain erupts in the center of my left palm, disrupting my train of thought.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
