destabilize

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The Netflix series gets a feature-film coda starring Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan, following the Shelby family as it becomes entangled in a German plan to destabilize the British economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Instead of protecting cells, the heightened repair activity can harm neurons and destabilize the genome, which may increase the risk of cancer.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Iraq has reported attacks spilling across its borders, raising fears that the war could destabilize the broader region.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

These actions have threatened to destabilize a school system with large numbers of immigrant families.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

“It seems to me that you are all determined to start a panic that will destabilize everything we have worked for these last thirteen years!”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling