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destabilize

[dee-stay-buh-lahyz] / diˈsteɪ bəˌlaɪz /


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Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play veteran CIA operatives who, after helping destabilize Salvador Allende’s government in 1973 Chile, head to Easter Island on a more personal assignment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

While these pathways normally support tumor growth, excessive activation can destabilize normal cellular functions and ultimately lead to cell death.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

That means that a bust could destabilize the financial system, particularly since it could spread to firms that build data centers and supply hardware.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

"Iran's history goes back thousands of years. Things like this only make us stronger; they won't destabilize the team," boasted the Iranian-American, who had traveled from San Diego, just across the border in California.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 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

But that strategy has come into question as a warming planet destabilizes Himalayan glaciers and river systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The researchers found that excess EXO1 destabilizes newly formed DNA through two main mechanisms, expanding single-stranded DNA gaps and degrading reversed replication forks.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

It spreads into South Sudan, it destabilizes South Sudan, it spreads into Chad, it’s got refugees in Egypt.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025

Nick’s energized romantic do-si-do destabilizes the group, and gives them something new to gossip about and compare their own lives with as they wobble through the ensuing year.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025

The heat destabilizes the emulsion and the separate oil and water phases will reform.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024

If human disturbance makes it easier for new "invaders" to enter these relationships, even when those species are native, other mutualistic partnerships could also become destabilized.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

“We’re making it a reality that our schools are going to be very much more destabilized than they have been,” Griego said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Even if the active fighting ends within weeks, the deeper concern is whether a destabilized Iran becomes a permanent source of risk on Dubai’s doorstep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Surging energy prices destabilized stocks trading in Asia and Europe on Monday.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

I thought Ocean would wake up, dizzy and destabilized by this emotional train wreck to discover that it hadn’t been worth it, actually; that I hadn’t been worth it.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

The paper’s co-authors advised world leaders to negotiate international agreements “to prevent destabilizing development and use of highly capable AI systems.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It’s a confounding and destabilizing experience for overachieving women used to being on top of every detail.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

For her, it’s not just about someone who understands that rents are high or that groceries are expensive, but about a candidate who understands how destabilizing all those things can be.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Directing Suda was its own destabilizing experience, he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Mine shafts were bored through the earth like holes through Swiss cheese, often destabilizing whole valleys.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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