disturbance
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Wu worked with biologists and used dim red light and a customised fisheye lens to minimise disturbance.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Onlookers leapt to the teen’s defense, and it took 75 officers to quell the disturbance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
If human disturbance makes it easier for new "invaders" to enter these relationships, even when those species are native, other mutualistic partnerships could also become destabilized.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
This often happened during arias, creating a regrettable focus disturbance for the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
And when at last he spoke, Toby’s words came out like hot oil on a stove—still on the surface, but ready to pop at the slightest disturbance.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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Strong winds at high altitudes can weaken or disperse the disturbances before they reach the mesosphere, where they may become visible through a phenomenon known as airglow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
"If the species is facing issues on this particular landscape, there might be a chance that the ecological disturbances are affecting other birds too," said Lochan.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those disturbances have been linked with worse recovery, depression, and reduced quality of life.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Munro said headaches were a symptom of migraine attacks, but so too are "visual disturbances, nausea and vomiting, sometimes numbness and tingling, sometimes abdominal pain, sometimes dizziness".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Harry saw little disturbances in the surrounding air: It was as if Hermione had cast a heat haze upon their clearing.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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