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But for that you get a machine which is less likely to disturb the peace.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Whenever we disturb the ground, when we cut down a tree and expose the soil, the fire can reignite," said fire chief Covens.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The subject is both boring and harrowing, so why disturb the moment?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But there is a subtlety here: measurements in quantum physics inevitably disturb the system being measured.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Arr, matey, who dares to disturb the pirate captain’s slumber?”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

But the principality’s lingering image as a Ruritanian outpost disturbs the family as it looks out from Vaduz castle on a thriving country smoothly run by supply-side economists, bankers and industrialists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

"Nature has already designed the perfect pollination system. When humans interfere too much, it often disturbs that balance," he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Any attempt to intercept the quantum signals disturbs them, creating detectable errors that alert users to possible eavesdropping.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026

In early January, the city of San Diego sued the federal government over razor wire placed on its land, saying it constitutes trespassing and disturbs sensitive habitat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

“No sight of misery disturbs us, nor of despairing poverty out in vain search for employment.... We work our eight hours a day in peaceful security and in absolute confidence of our pay.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Note: the Lynch compound and all other residential locations mentioned are all private residences, and not to be disturbed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

I’m more disturbed by the prevalence of subtle synthetic images: AI cooking videos, AI ads with robotic voice-overs, AI celebrity-wedding photos, AI political deepfakes…and the list goes on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The woman was disturbed, but Moraff reportedly played it off as a joke.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

The company introduced flexible working, fidget toys in meeting rooms, and red or green "busy lights" on desks, that allow staff to indicate whether they're happy to be disturbed.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

You can view here animations of longitudinal and transverse waves, single particles being disturbed by a transverse wave or by a longitudinal wave, and particles being disturbed by transverse and longitudinal waves.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

All of which is disturbing enough, if not surprising.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

We speak to British families who have made disturbing discoveries about their IVF treatment in northern Cyprus.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

“We were able to approach the bird quietly, without disturbing it,” Kanowa said, attributing the win to the super-stealthy electric truck she was driving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The findings suggest that some genetic mutations may cause disease not only by changing individual genetic instructions, but also by disturbing the physical arrangement of the genome itself.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Troyanovsky took the storm analogy one disturbing step further.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin