disquiet
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In response to a separate question about political disquiet, Forbes said that "politicians have pretended to be able to deliver utopia for too long".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
U.S. stocks ended slightly higher after another tug-of-war day for markets as AI fever contended with Mideast disquiet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The report had caused disquiet in South Korea, where the system is a pillar of national defense against nuclear-armed North Korea.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Cumming hinted at ongoing global disquiet without going too far or getting too pointed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
To see so many added to my disquiet.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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Cromwell identifies: “I have travelled so far to get here, and nothing they do disturbs me now, nor disquiets me, high on my branch.”
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2020
The Second Half, which is due in the autumn, is billed as a blend of "memoir and motivational writing in a manner which both disquiets and reassures, in Roy Keane's own original voice".
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2014
The disquiets and passions of the Crusades reached him also by degrees.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
There is a sort of colossal stupidity about the stars in their courses that overpowers and disquiets us.
From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William
This fable is designed to show us how unreasonable many people are for living in such continual fears and disquiets about the miserableness of their condition.
From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop
The vast fortunes created by men such as Ford have long disquieted many intellectuals and journalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Despite her decades of work in front of the camera, she's still disquieted by horror films.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2025
Many here see her as the embodiment of an America undergoing a cultural shift that threatens the heritage and political sensibilities of an old frontier town disquieted by changing times and suspicious of alternative lifestyles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
How strange that the Under the Radar festival chose otherwise for the finish to a triptych structured like the industry’s shutdown and return: lonely isolation, cautious distance, disquieted reunion.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Bran was glad for Robb's victory, but disquieted as well.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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There is a particular brand of confidence required to assure party leaders and voters that one has no more skeletons in one’s closet, as Platner did before several more disquieting allegations emerged.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
This is what makes Mollen’s reference to dating the toxic man that is her son so disquieting: Why would you tell a 12-year-old boy he’s toxic unless you intend for him to be just that?
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
The concept came about in 2019, when anonymous users on message board 4chan were asked to "post disquieting images that just feel 'off'."
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Lines such as “I love to count, it relaxes me and it gives me an achievable goal” point at a disquieting loneliness without going overboard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
It was thus difficult to avoid the disquieting thought that I was not accomplishing anything.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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