unbalance

A rash of late summer signings seemed like a quick fix and created an unbalance to the side that Nice coach Lucien Favre has yet to resolve.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

“He can really unbalance opponents’ defenders and give us that final-third quality that we’ve been maybe lacking before we got him.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022

"I assure you that we will not allow any kind of provocation to unbalance us."

From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2022

In the days when bottles were handmade, glassblowers would push in the bottoms of bottles to make certain they would stand upright, without a nub of glass to unbalance them.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

She went on, “So he accepted the item, but not without a certain jar. Even with death temporary and its importance depressed, it was enough to unbalance him very gently.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

And if you change something, it unbalances everything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

There’s a hollowness to Martin’s interpretation that unbalances the otherwise strong ensemble and the dynamics of the Crump household, which Godfrey throws into turmoil when he abruptly remarries.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

“The problem is respecting intellectual property, dealing with excess capacity, which sometimes unbalances some world markets, and the ability to deal rapidly with conflicts we may have and with unfair situations,” Macron told reporters.

From Fox News ● Aug. 26, 2019

He likes to cook, he says, but the role occasionally unbalances him.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2018

I try again and another wave of vertigo unbalances me.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

When that community becomes unbalanced, potentially harmful bacteria can become more dominant and contribute to conditions such as periodontal disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

China's leader Xi Jinping has acknowledged it too: he said the "principal contradiction" was "between the people's ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development".

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Fort Wayne, Ind., resident brought her 2014 Dodge Journey to a mechanic a few years ago and left with unbalanced tires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

While metals are essential for normal brain function, problems can arise when their levels become unbalanced.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026

I can’t beg him to stay, and I certainly can’t say out loud that I feel wobbly and unbalanced without him nearby.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

But Nora’s passion is as obsessive as it is unbalancing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

"They are a keystone species, meaning if they were to be removed from the ecosystem, we would see a cascade of ecological effects — an unbalancing."

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

"It's a very high cost, it would have to be done gradually and amid a tax reform without unbalancing the public accounts," he said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2022

He ended up unbalancing his side and harming Messi's role within it For all the excellence of Barcelona's collective play, Messi's capacity to take three opponents out of the game was badly missed.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2013

Duane, who was already dizzy from the jumping, was now finding the hare’s quick, clipped way of talking equally unbalancing, not to mention all the twitches and tics that accompanied her speech.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el