disturbance
Example Sentences
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"Sea mines and other explosive devices can cause acoustic disturbance impacting sea mammals and other animals, and blast damage to natural undersea structures such as reefs," Weir said.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
The Associated Press reports that the disturbance outside Morrissey's hotel room may have been caused by celebrations taking place around Valencia's Las Fallas festival, which welcomes in the spring.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Titan's current orbit, which is slightly elongated but gradually becoming more circular, also hints at a relatively recent disturbance consistent with a past merger.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026
It was in November that a disturbance first knocked cold air southward and “sent weather patterns into a tailspin this season,” meteorologist Ben Noll wrote to me in an email.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
He began to mop the cloth, while the waiter, seeing the disturbance, came swiftly to the rescue.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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