disturbed
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By changing the pulse intensity, the researchers could control how strongly they disturbed the charge density waves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Note: the Lynch compound and all other residential locations mentioned are all private residences, and not to be disturbed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The woman was disturbed, but Moraff reportedly played it off as a joke.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
In imagining her disturbed perceptions, the novel shows the old dog’s circumscribed world transfigured by long forgotten yearnings and powerfully altered understandings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
A huge spider stepped out from under a leaf the wasp had disturbed.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
