disrupt
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Starlink and rival upstart Amazon Leo aim to disrupt the market by launching telecom satellite networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"Tehran has managed to set up a system that is sophisticated, decentralised, and remarkably difficult to disrupt without escalating into a full-scale maritime conflict," he added in a Saturday op-ed.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
The team wanted to determine whether these variants also disrupt GLP-1, a hormone produced in the gut that helps control blood sugar after meals by stimulating insulin release, slowing stomach emptying, and reducing appetite.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
Then again, there aren’t a whole lot of ways to disrupt the mood in a fluorescent-lit corridor, especially when the goal is to keep moving.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
He supervised undercover agents who pretended to be brokers and guides in order to infiltrate and disrupt the smuggling trade.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing disrupt
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