jarring

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But jarring tensions are emerging in the run-up to UFC Freedom 250, the event being held in a specially built arena erected over the White House's elegant South Lawn.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Misbah Rashad, 30, an epidemiologist who attends the mosque daily, said it has been jarring to see a place so core to her and to her community on the news.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

For Banerjee personally, the adjustment may be jarring after decades at the centre of power.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“That a name evocative of Disneyland has been applied to a depopulated, decimated swath of Ukrainian coal-and-steel country could appear jarring as Europe’s deadliest fighting since World War II continues to rage,” they wrote.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

A moment later our intercom buzzed, a jarring blat-blat that punched right through my flesh and bones.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson