disturb

I love finding a cozy hotel lobby or tiny wine bar, putting my phone on do not disturb, ordering a glass of wine and sitting in a corner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

According to the model, a fast-moving jet of quarks should disturb the surrounding plasma and leave a wake behind, causing the material to ripple and splash.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Having access to a preserved specimen had also meant an opportunity to examine authentic animal hair in a controlled and ethical way, he said, without needing to disturb a live animal.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Despite the cold, there’s no radiation to worry about and only gentle 10 mph winds to disturb those dunes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

He makes sure he does not disturb the arrangement of her shoes on the floor, but steps over them and disengages the back panel.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

“Like the anger disturbs my body so much that it makes me cry. No matter how much I tried to unplug from Carol, my body didn’t understand that I was pretending.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

This fading memory disturbs Dervis Hizarci, a former teacher and the head of KIGA, a Berlin organization against antisemitism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

"Nature has already designed the perfect pollination system. When humans interfere too much, it often disturbs that balance," he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Any attempt to intercept the quantum signals disturbs them, creating detectable errors that alert users to possible eavesdropping.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026

There are no user charges, unlike Necro, which goes for $7.99 a day, which disturbs me because I can’t help but feel as if a human is worth more than eight bucks.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Halzen's great leap was to use ice instead -- unlike liquid water, it isn't disturbed by living creatures, and its darkness is constant at great depth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Olah was disturbed after reading a copy of “Magnifica humanitas” and suggested pulling Anthropic out of the event, although he ultimately attended.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

He noticed an unusually bright patch surrounded by a dark halo, a pattern suggesting that material on the lunar surface had recently been disturbed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

He appears to be looking up and down the corridor, seemingly disturbed by something.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The house only has two small bedrooms upstairs, and Aunt Melissa is adamant that Lily’s sleep schedule will not be disturbed.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

In an eight-minute video statement released on Saturday night, Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations raised by the woman, identified as Jane Doe, as "deeply disturbing".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The ads themselves, though, were not the most disturbing thing.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

We now have a disturbing glimpse of what that could mean for Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

What was already a very darkly funny and incredibly gross film gets even more disturbing as Bryan ventures into the Raccoon City hospital, trying to make his delivery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

At least a hundred years seemed to have passed before Shirley could bend and unbend her stubborn fingers well enough to hit each of the eight notes of the scale without disturbing its neighbor.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord