perturbed
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"I wouldn't say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon, you know."
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
“I can’t even believe it,” a visibly perturbed Putin said on camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
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
And he seemed, in the estimation of some around the team, unusually perturbed as public criticisms of his play started to mount.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
As the light began to fade, the architects lit the library’s gas jets, which hissed like mildly perturbed cats.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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