jarring

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The roughly 7 million student-loan borrowers who were enrolled in SAVE, a Biden-era repayment program, will likely experience some of the most jarring changes over the next few months.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Perhaps no one is entirely consistent, but with Jefferson the disparity could be jarring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Heil said he had just visited an exhibit featuring art made by artificial intelligence - an experience which he described as jarring.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Everything that the casual moviegoer would consider “wrong” about Jenkin’s approach is what makes his films so transcendently jarring as they seemingly disassemble in front of our eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

But it waren’t working, all his bumping and jarring couldn’t make me quit thinking.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis