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unsettle

[uhn-set-l] / ʌnˈsɛt l /


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John McGinn: The skipper drilled over and was his usual energetic self as Villa tried to unsettle Arsenal and did not drop his energy levels.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

He specifically says he won’t unsettle the financial markets that rely on having an independent Fed.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

Martinez wants his signs to unsettle viewers who are insulated from the city’s unrest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

The left-handed Munsey started briskly with a flurry of fours to unsettle the Italy attack in the first six overs of the powerplay.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

He was like a wind that threatened to unsettle everything.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Owens understands that this incongruity between Kirk’s ideology and behavior unsettles people.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

"The disclosure of such confidential, sensitive information not only unsettles our workforce; it is also damaging to the business," he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The Barcelona forward's excellent ball control and dribbling skills clearly unsettles defences and pulled the Austrian defenders towards him to create more space for Oyarzabal.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The grand old man of Victorian letters was once a young romantic whose grief-soaked verse still dazzles and unsettles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

There is an urgency to her that unsettles me, a warning in her words beyond the obvious.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

After the slight drop in temperatures, next week will also see a “cool, unsettled weather pattern with some chance of rain” heading into the weekend through the following week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

However, ahead of the report, Raymond James analyst Andrew Marok wrote that “expectations are unsettled right now and it will likely take more than one good quarter to reassure investors.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Concerns about data-center debt and higher borrowing costs unsettled AI-related shares.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

The shift from desktop to mobile unsettled investors in Alphabet and Amazon, but both emerged as major beneficiaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Now the idea of leaving Sahel to lie here in the dirt, as alone as he’d been in the last grisly seconds of his life, unsettled her.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Continued melting could also gradually transform the island's unsettling appearance.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The Prospect union, which represents VMO2 staff, said the cuts were "disappointing and very unsettling".

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

All of a sudden, the war took on a more present form, unsettling a kingdom unused to conflicts playing out on home turf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The South later resumed border loudspeaker broadcasts for the first time in six years, including K-pop and international news, while the North began transmitting strange, eerie sounds across the frontier, unsettling South Korean residents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The idiocy of this question, its unsettling logic, made Flora suddenly grateful for her father.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo


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