disturb
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"We'd at least be able to tell them, 'there are other people who are trying to disturb you'."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Malagasy prosecutor Ramanantsoa on Tuesday said the suspects in the alleged plot had also been charged with spreading false information to disturb public order, and harbouring wanted individuals.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The government isn’t asking the court to disturb Wong Kim Ark’s treatment of children born to lawful permanent residents—who nowadays have green cards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Qubits can be extremely sensitive to changes in their external environment that disturb their superpositioned state and introduce errors into a calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
“I think they like us,” Pita said, smiling and sitting as motionless as humanly possible, trying her best not to disturb the delicate butterflies.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing disturb
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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