out of kilter
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The long flights and early start have thrown each teams' regular routine out of kilter.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The party playlist, with disco hits blasting through stoppages, felt out of kilter with the rising tension.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
It also threw finely tuned global supply chains out of kilter and created shortages of vital parts.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
A plant with an out of kilter circadian clock will only grow to half the size of a normal plant under laboratory conditions.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2023
There was that one letter missing, and the framing bulged slightly out of kilter, but overall, it looked as solid as ever.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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