perturbed
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I obviously was perturbed by it, but I acted like I wasn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
More curiously, even though U.S. high-yield spreads are at post-1998 lows, few investors seemed to be unduly perturbed here.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025
Dubois, who has 22 wins in 24 fights as a professional, looked perturbed that his rival had stolen the limelight and walked off shaking his head.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025
Facing the blank page perturbed Boneta at the beginning of his first foray into long-form writing, so he asked his writer friends for advice.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
However, one detail perturbed him: suppose autopsies revealed the presence of arsenic?
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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