unnerve
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Amazon’s expansion of its logistics business tends to unnerve investors.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Treacy at Apex sees any change in the Fed’s language around the risk of inflation due to geopolitical conflict as likely to unnerve investors.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
Energy turmoil could unnerve investors already worried about how much tech companies are spending on data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Some investors said that replacing Reeves now could unnerve financial markets.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
Curtains swing idly from broken windows in the strange, flickering light; they unnerve him.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
A 2006 US embassy cable said he "inspires few but unnerves many".
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
It’s a disconcerting choice, one that hypnotizes as much as it unnerves.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
The third possibility unnerves a lot of legal experts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
The idea, however, unnerves the Department of Labor, which oversees retirement plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
Seeing the open air unnerves me, reminds me of something—what?
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
They have also unnerved survivors of the 1945 bombings, who have long helped shape Japan's post-war pacifist political culture.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Having felt confident I would get a clean bill of health - especially when it comes to my skin - I was a bit unnerved to discover that I'd need to have extra tests.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The 24-year-old Howard University law student has spent weeks steering clear of produce, unnerved by cyclospora outbreaks that have made thousands of people sick this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Still, fans of A24’s output are unnerved by the foray into AI, believing the deal is antithetical to the trendy studio’s creative-first marketing.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
It was the silence from the speakers that unnerved me, more than the deserted roads or the empty shells of repossessed houses.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
While the bond-market selloff has been unnerving some investors, it probably doesn’t represent a crisis moment for a stock market that was just getting on its feet after the summer’s chip-driven slump.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
How unnerving that its creation scarred its creator.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
That transition is still a long way off, but war, as unwelcome and unnerving as it is, may actually hasten its arrival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
"It was quite unnerving, I've never heard thunder like that in my life," Dunn said.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Ain’t but you two who cleaned the church?” asked Sister McCandless with an unnerving smile—the smile of the prophet who sees the secrets hidden in the hearts of men.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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