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disrupt

[dis-ruhpt] / dɪsˈrʌpt /




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Speaking ahead of the visit, Burnham said the UK and Germany were "joining forces to find, expose and disrupt" threats.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Experts have also warned that frontier AI models could disrupt the financial system on which the world economy relies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rolling blackouts disrupt industry while new oil exports crash to zero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In addition, the White House was warned that canceling TPS for Salvadorans would disrupt construction projects in Washington, D.C., the New Yorker reported and a source with knowledge of the warnings confirmed they had occurred.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

I feel like a mockingbird, dive-bombing anyone who wants to disrupt the dynamics of Room 203.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

The anxious spiral can outlast the physical symptoms, because it feeds on itself: worry disrupts thinking, and disrupted thinking produces more worry.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Rather than acting like a conventional fast-acting poison, it disrupts the insect's ability to manufacture enough chitin for the next exoskeleton.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

When Rosales writes about cholos, she disrupts caricatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“That kind of capability directly disrupts the operational advantage these transnational criminal organizations rely on, and it strengthens our ability to protect both Texas communities and the broader region,” he said in an email.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

But if a mutation disrupts the function of an enzyme, then the normal gene must specify the information to make the normal enzyme.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

While crude oil volumes from the Middle East have recently risen, the production and export of refined products in the region remain heavily disrupted.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

More protests are expected across the country on Tuesday after teaching was disrupted at 589 of the country's 3,700 lycees and 32 universities, according to the education ministry and a student union.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

For a railway company proud of its record for punctuality, this year's disrupted schedule is posing a major challenge.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

For all of these reasons, corporate leaders may just want to prepare to be disrupted, and some do, said Cole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

That sigh and birdsong were the only sounds that disrupted the forest’s quiet.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Above the gumline, where oxygen is more plentiful, disrupting AHL signaling favored bacteria linked with better oral health.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

What is your risk tolerance versus risk capacity — the former being the risk you’re comfortable with versus the latter, which is how much risk your portfolio can handle without disrupting your financial goals?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

The UN has also warned that the deteriorating security situation is severely disrupting humanitarian work in northern Ethiopia.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The number of hours a falcon has flown at Ford Motor’s Hermosillo, Mexico plant after pigeons besieged the facility, posing a health risk to workers and disrupting daily operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The outpost fell quickly into Octavian’s hands, breaking Mark Antony’s chain at a critical point and disrupting his communication and supply route.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby




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