disturb
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These jets may disturb the reservoir of material galaxies depend on for future growth, potentially affecting whether they continue producing stars.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Earning a first DP World Tour win in 14 years - and effectively saving his job by doing so - would be enough to disturb the composure of most golfers.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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
"Whenever we disturb the ground, when we cut down a tree and expose the soil, the fire can reignite," said fire chief Covens.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
I returned it to her; she received it quietly, and without saying anything she was about to relapse into her former studious mood: again I ventured to disturb her—
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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
What really disturbs professionals is the FDA’s injection of inconsistency into its reviews of drug applications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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
Just like moving fingers under the running water from a tap can disrupt its steady flow, HIP 67522 b disturbs the star’s magnetic field as it orbits around its host star.
From Space Scoop ● Jul. 17, 2025
"See that no one disturbs his rest without leave from me."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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
At a news conference on Friday, Hochul said she was "deeply disturbed" by how the investigation was handled.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
They gently disturbed the entire atomic chain by changing the lasers at a particular frequency and then measured how strongly the atoms responded.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Einstein was so disturbed by the idea of singularities that he denied the existence of black holes.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
"What happened to Jane Doe in 2024 is deeply disturbing and will weigh heavily on our community for years to come."
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Also, AI labs have said these traces can contain disturbing statements, even if they consider the output itself safe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The ads themselves, though, were not the most disturbing thing.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
They said nothing had happened there and asked people to stop disturbing them.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In the process, they picked up more disturbing tidbits.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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