unsettle
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He specifically says he won’t unsettle the financial markets that rely on having an independent Fed.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
The artworks are as likely to unsettle as they are to move.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
The left-handed Munsey started briskly with a flurry of fours to unsettle the Italy attack in the first six overs of the powerplay.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 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
The mother looked down at the road, remembering something that seemed to briefly unsettle her.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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
The shift from desktop to mobile unsettled investors in Alphabet and Amazon, but both emerged as major beneficiaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The question of how to get the most benefit from AI remains unsettled for many companies, even as individual workers see productivity gains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The report that unsettled the market was the S&P Global U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
The unsettled first act, full of false starts, feels like an early draft of the play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
What I did feel was muddled and unsettled.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Visiting teams can sometimes find the excitement around rugby league in Papua New Guinea unsettling.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The unsettling thing about the Axiom isn’t that its passengers are miserable.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Canadian comedian, writer and producer Fielder is famous for harnessing the power of awkwardness, cringe and deadpan wit to great, if unsettling, comedic effect.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
There are so many scary diseases out there that I had to wonder: Is there something about plague that is particularly unsettling?
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
There was something vaguely unsettling about the way Rasheed seemed to loom over the woman.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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