unbalance
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A rash of late summer signings seemed like a quick fix and created an unbalance to the side that Nice coach Lucien Favre has yet to resolve.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
He rejected any suggestion that such financial support for a specific investigation could unbalance the court's caseload.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2022
"Snakes are usually predators on small mammals, frogs. This impact may result in an unimaginable unbalance in the ecosystem."
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2021
At every opportunity, she tried using her creativity and speed to unbalance Chicago.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2021
And the tangle of vines and undergrowth, which unbalance me occasionally, trip him at every step.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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And if you change something, it unbalances everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
There’s a hollowness to Martin’s interpretation that unbalances the otherwise strong ensemble and the dynamics of the Crump household, which Godfrey throws into turmoil when he abruptly remarries.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
“The problem is respecting intellectual property, dealing with excess capacity, which sometimes unbalances some world markets, and the ability to deal rapidly with conflicts we may have and with unfair situations,” Macron told reporters.
From Fox News ● Aug. 26, 2019
He likes to cook, he says, but the role occasionally unbalances him.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2018
“That such small unbalances in the perfection of our system of supply and demand, as I have mentioned, may be the first step towards the final war.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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The Fort Wayne, Ind., resident brought her 2014 Dodge Journey to a mechanic a few years ago and left with unbalanced tires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The unbalanced blood flow between babies leads to a build-up of excess fluid around the larger recipient baby and a dangerous lack of fluid around the smaller donor baby, potentially harming both.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
And while there had been growth, it had been "unbalanced", he said, with around a third coming from the creation of artificial intelligence data centres.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
By identifying a specific nitric oxide-TSC2-mTOR connection, the study offers a new framework for understanding how cellular signaling may become unbalanced in autism.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
Things tend to get worse, not better, and knowing how unbalanced I’d felt being in the midst of the fray, I couldn’t imagine the state of the streets right now.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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But Nora’s passion is as obsessive as it is unbalancing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
I talk about how debating involves rhetorical judo, unbalancing your opponent, knocking them off balance when they're least expecting it.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023
"It's a very high cost, it would have to be done gradually and amid a tax reform without unbalancing the public accounts," he said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2022
Pironkova doesn’t play with the flat power normally associated with success on grass, but with forehand slices and dinks and other unbalancing shot-making.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2013
Piper ran straight at the giant, unbalancing his stance.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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