disturbance

Extreme emotional disturbance would allow the jury to consider the less severe charge of manslaughter, rather than second-degree murder.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

That is the price paid to keep the disturbance negligible.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

If the disturbance is from a regular vibration, the result is that the molecules end up squeezed together into evenly-spaced waves.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of disturbances affecting old-growth forests, including drought and extreme wildfire.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

These trees "need natural disturbances such as fires," according to the government department Environment Canada, but suffer from repeated, intense fires that prevent them from regenerating.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Police attended disturbances this week in Cranhill and Castlemilk outside properties where social media posts claimed people accused of crimes were living.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Electric grids use precisely synchronized clocks to detect disturbances hundreds of times each second before they cascade into blackouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

For the Romans did in these instances what all wise princes must do: they must be on their guard not only against existing dangers but also against future disturbances, and try diligently to prevent them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli