disturbance
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On the night of the killing, Proctor and his partner, Jonathan Kawahara, were responding to calls about Glenn and his dog causing a disturbance in Venice Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
"Drilling causes a lot of disturbance, and increased human activity would have an impact on wildlife."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Climate change and environmental disturbance have aided an increasing creep of the territories ticks inhabit—along with the viruses, bacteria, and pathogens they carry.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Police later arrived due to a call about another disturbance at the hotel around the same time.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
He began to mop the cloth, while the waiter, seeing the disturbance, came swiftly to the rescue.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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One bill limits liability for rocket launchers that own at least 20,000 contiguous acres related to noise, exhaust and other disturbances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Heat often creates disturbances that make quantum systems harder to control, but under the right conditions, it could instead become a useful resource.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
There was still a humanitarian emergency and disturbances to public order in the territory, he said, while it was "basically impossible" to return the minors who had crossed because this required their consent.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
It has also recorded disturbances caused by occasional coronal mass ejections passing over the spacecraft.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
In advanced stages of famine, as the body begins to consume itself, the victim suffers muscle pain, heart disturbances, loss of hair, dizziness, shortness of breath, extreme sensitivity to cold, physical and mental exhaustion.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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