disturbed
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Rania Batrice, a Palestinian American political strategist who was a deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, was disturbed.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
He added that the protesters -- many of whom were minors -- were "disturbed by the level of repression never before seen for a student movement".
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
He was disturbed by images of fans being hit with rubber bullets and equipment being stolen, but also realized the band’s trajectory had suddenly changed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Their movement disturbed the orbits of smaller objects, setting off catastrophic collisions and producing brief periods filled with large amounts of dust, similar to what astronomers now observe in extreme debris disks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Bliss hadn't allowed Arthur or the cabinet into the sickroom because, he said, he didn't want Garfield disturbed.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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