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"It is defended precisely when those opinions disturb or provoke disagreement, provided that they form part of democratic debate, as is the case across all of our media outlets."

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Last year, a petition to halt Big Bear Lake’s annual fireworks display collected more than 40,000 signatures from people concerned that the event would disturb the area’s famous bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

In this world, the bizarre proclivities of one man can disturb the peace and rattle markets.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

A horizontal magnetic field generated a two dimensional flow, while an array of rods was used to disturb it.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

They post a stake with a sign over all the nests they find—the ones they move and the ones they do not—saying that it is against the law to disturb the nest.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

But witnessing the book’s reception, it disturbs me how quickly we, as readers, have accepted one side of a complicated relationship: The husband is a monster, she is our sister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

When ions move through a crystal lattice in a fluid-like way, their motion temporarily disturbs the lattice symmetry.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

In early January, the city of San Diego sued the federal government over razor wire placed on its land, saying it constitutes trespassing and disturbs sensitive habitat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 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

It disturbs me that he can remember some of these things about himself, but not others; that the things he’s lost or misplaced exist now only for me.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

I’m more disturbed by the prevalence of subtle synthetic images: AI cooking videos, AI ads with robotic voice-overs, AI celebrity-wedding photos, AI political deepfakes…and the list goes on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

When an anthill is disturbed, the response comes from the colony acting together rather than from any individual ant.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

He grumbled to let me know I’d disturbed his nap.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Recently, a weakening yen has been paired with another disturbing market dynamic: higher Japanese bond yields.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Unidentified ashes in mouldy boxes and excrement and bodily fluids on the floor of the Hessle Road premises were among the other disturbing discoveries.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

That’s what is so incredibly disturbing to me.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

The glaring light is practically a character in “Sisters of the Midnight Sun,” Ms. Stevens’s compelling account of a disturbing murder case she worked on in the early 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But Victor’s astonishment was so genuine, and Mrs. Pontellier’s indifference so apparent, that the disturbing notion did not lodge long in her brain.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin