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"Through this theoretical framework, we found that we can use small physical boundaries up to ten meters to perturb ocean transport barriers that spans kilometers," said Fang.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

Some possible treatments have looked to block the origin of the itch to relieve the sensation, Gualdani said, “but it seems if we perturb this pathway, we also perturb eventual itch relief.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Maybe overactive immune cells continue to perturb the nervous system and nearby blood vessels.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2023

Because it's so vast, and so poorly understood, Prof Schmidt added, "the worry is that we'll start destroying those ecosystems - and perturb all these vital processes - that we really don't understand".

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2021

The storm, and the resulting minor earth­quakes, did not perturb the meerkats in the least.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The main problem with room temperature is thermal noise, which perturbs delicate quantum dynamics.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

Perhaps this marks the beginning of a pop culture reconsideration of America’s role in the war, adding nuance that perturbs the accepted heroic narrative.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

He’s become an itinerant street performer who rivets and perturbs spectators with his uncanny ability to reproduce the physical appearance of anyone in his audience.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022

There are indeed magnetic anomaly stripes that go through Iceland, although the activity of the island's volcanoes perturbs those stripes, so they are hard to follow.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2020

Now this development naturally perturbs and even paralyzes us.

From What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Investors don’t appear to be perturbed by the prospect of tighter monetary policy, they say, citing that holdings in gold exchange-traded funds have risen in recent sessions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Not that McIlroy seemed perturbed as the wind gusted beyond 30mph across the 7,440-yard track.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Whenever grief has perturbed him, Caballero has processed it through creativity.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 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

Was nature somehow perturbed less by a vacuum on top of a mountain than by a vacuum in the valley?

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Luka Doncic is the Lakers star opposing players love to hate, but his energy and reputation for perturbing players and fans are what make him great.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

The last is especially perturbing to the family dog, Starbuck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

And though it’s also perturbing, it’s nice to watch something where even the darkness isn’t synthetic.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025

By combining this data with gene expression analysis and the known effects of perturbing specific genes, scientists have ascribed functions to such chromatin marks.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024

Like the photograph of the spider-dancer, Mrs. Richardson found this perturbing but strangely compelling.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng