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Treacy at Apex sees any change in the Fed’s language around the risk of inflation due to geopolitical conflict as likely to unnerve investors.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026

“A conflict like this has the clear potential to unnerve international businesses operating in the Gulf,” said Michael Ratney, who served as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia under the Biden administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026

If Musk moves ahead with the idea much of that $35 billion could come from his Tesla stake, which would unnerve investors for a while.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

The Dodgers seemed to finally unnerve the Jays in the sixth when singles by Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández with one out shoved starter Shane Bieber to the dugout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

The scene becomes an anecdote, an action that would unnerve Vera Louise and defend him against patricide.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Based in the English city of Bristol, George has an on-the-spectrum manner that unnerves some colleagues, but his record of solving cases is a source of envy on his squad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A 2006 US embassy cable said he "inspires few but unnerves many".

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

It’s a disconcerting choice, one that hypnotizes as much as it unnerves.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

But what viewers always focus on are the moments where one candidate has a zinger of a line, or somehow unnerves their opponent, or simply seems more in control.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024

Seeing the open air unnerves me, reminds me of something—what?

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The local postmaster, a Jacksonian Democrat named Alfred Huger, was unnerved by what he considered inflammatory content and sequestered the abolitionist material, rather than comply with his legal obligation to deliver the mail.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

The dispute has also unnerved diplomats in Argentina, whose economy depends far more on trade with Brazil than Brazil’s does on Argentina.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Bowling an immaculate line and using the demons in the pitch, Archer unnerved Devon Conway with a blow to the helmet and, four balls later, had the left-hander fend to second slip.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Still, fans of A24’s output are unnerved by the foray into AI, believing the deal is antithetical to the trendy studio’s creative-first marketing.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

As the newsflashes continued, she became more unnerved.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

But not accounting for Galliano’s 15 years of sobriety, his frank apologies, and his continued remorse is somewhat unnerving.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

She paid tribute to the two officers who died in the A66 crash and said she recognised how "unnerving" the current climate would be for the "law abiding citizens" in the community.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

While the bond-market selloff has been unnerving some investors, it probably doesn’t represent a crisis moment for a stock market that was just getting on its feet after the summer’s chip-driven slump.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

It was unnerving; in the darkness, he was almost impossible to see, a silhouette she did not know.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray