unsettle
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John McGinn: The skipper drilled over and was his usual energetic self as Villa tried to unsettle Arsenal and did not drop his energy levels.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Did anything that happened at the end of June unsettle that?
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Martinez wants his signs to unsettle viewers who are insulated from the city’s unrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Even better, he has used his beauty not to become a matinee idol but to unsettle and surprise us, portraying characters whose handsomeness is very much the point but not the whole story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
He was like a wind that threatened to unsettle everything.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The grand old man of Victorian letters was once a young romantic whose grief-soaked verse still dazzles and unsettles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
“It roils the markets,” he said, adding that it unsettles both investors and the legal framework surrounding the Fed.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
What unsettles me is how eagerly people rush to perform the worst versions of themselves when given permission.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
He isn't misunderstood because he behaves badly; he's misunderstood because his existence unsettles old certainties about who gets to define respect.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
The statue unsettles me the longer I stare at it, and I waste no more time leaving the corridor to head to the sky garden.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
This goes some distance in explaining why Nolan’s writing of the women in “The Odyssey” left so many people unsettled, and perhaps why it took weeks for “Furious” to build word-of-mouth momentum.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
The unsettled theme also continues, with low pressure systems bringing rain at times, focused towards the north-west.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The work revealed previously hidden species diversity and helped resolve a taxonomic problem that had remained unsettled for years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Who gets to name a newly discovered species is an unsettled question in the world of biology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For one thing, he was tired and for another, what was there to report while things were unsettled?
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Goalkeeper Angelina Anderson has played under five managers, including interim coaches, during her four seasons at Angel City and she said permanent change can be unsettling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Pyongyang sent trash-filled balloons and broadcast unsettling noises across the border during the administration of Lee's hawkish predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Everything is unsettling and I am angry at how we are treated," says Anaïs, who is now 42 years old.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But as he aggressively attacks his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and her father, Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, Miller’s behavior is as bizarre as it is unsettling.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
The sadness in her husband’s eyes was unsettling to her.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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