disturbs

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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

Old Hunter, an ex-police detective now working in private security, disturbs Chen’s depressive apathy with a request that he help find a man called X, a former philosophy professor who ran afoul of authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"It's polite to let them know and apologise in advance if it disturbs them. We'll normally turn the music down by 11 or midnight - or sometimes just invite them to join us."

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

His teachers say he’s very intelligent but maladjusted, that he cries every night and disturbs the other boys’ sleep.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García