discombobulate
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I use breath work, gentle movements — just to discombobulate the body a little bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Did their hyper-aggressive approach discombobulate their opponents, or themselves?
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
The overall aim, León and Pascual concurred, will be to discombobulate internal and external enemies.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2023
Alfred Hollander, for instance, is so desperate for authenticity that he randomly screams just to discombobulate passing strangers for a moment.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
Oh, Canada, dear Canada, we shall not discombobulate Ourselves concerning JONATHAN.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 by Various
Little Island discombobulates many of the ways in which the body physically adapts itself to the pulse of the city.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
It further discombobulates the critical mind by resembling neither jazz nor classical music.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
Jevon Carter, West Virginia: The Mountaineers get a lot of attention for their “Press Virginia” scheme that discombobulates opponents, but it helps to have a relentless and skilled presence leading the way at both ends.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2017
Exposure to light, especially to the blue light of digital devices, discombobulates the clockwork.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016
Walther’s improvisatory sounding song discombobulates the masters, who don’t know what to make of it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2014
Moving sharply, Djokovic used his superior tennis IQ to carefully construct points in a way which Alcaraz could not compute - similar to how he discombobulated the Spaniard in last year's quarter-finals.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
“Hart states he was discombobulated and not in control of his actions but implies that Sabbag was aware of the camera’s placement. Hart suggests Sabbag knew where to position herself and Hart to be recorded.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
There was plenty of blame to go around: a discombobulated offense that included indecisive play-calling late in the game, a running game that never got going and a defense that couldn’t get off the field.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
The play begins when a discombobulated Trish visits Liz because she thinks someone may have broken into her home.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
After our narrow brush with the drippy Miss Goodacre, the house stayed discombobulated for weeks as Harry mourned and moped.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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At times, it’s a discombobulating experience, and the film would surely benefit from giving its ideas more space to breathe.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
"It was hugely discombobulating for Washington," says Karen Hao, an AI journalist.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
But the mere fact of the swings is discombobulating for stock pickers, and could push risk managers to cut back overall exposure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The Bowl made for a thrilling send-off for Fracchiolla — even if it was a discombobulating change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
To escape a stagnating and a somewhat discombobulating loss of herself, she grabbed her sketchbook and drew the exact likeness of her child with little time and effort.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
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