disarray

Market choppiness and artificial-intelligence safety fears are spooking investors and throwing into disarray what was expected to be a string of blockbuster IPOs this fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The court has also been thrown into disarray as investigations have scrutinized links between several justices, their relatives or associates, and jailed, fraud-accused banker Daniel Vorcaro.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Henry Crocombe claimed his second hat-trick in eight days, and third five-wicket haul of the season, to leave Essex's batting in total disarray on an incredible evening of tumbling wickets at Chelmsford.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

But under his facade of online success was a life in disarray: He’d lost his construction job.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The death of Nana, who despite her age was in charge of the big house on the comer when the owners were away, sent the remaining servants into disarray.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Broadcasting from the station’s small Brooklyn storefront, director Ricot Dupuy has fielded calls suggesting dark theories about the assassins or sharing fears for a motherland becoming further disarrayed.

From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2021

She jabbed her chin at the disarrayed skeletons.

From Nature ● Jul. 31, 2013

Mr. Arpino, 60, was standing in the disarrayed showroom of Rootstein Display Mannequins in Chelsea, where he is the creative director.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2012

Good shot: Mary, her hair disarrayed by the wind, snuggling up to John for a kiss, in the front seat of a prairie schooner.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was half-empty and the clothes were disarrayed and tumbled.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright