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disconcerting

[dis-kuhn-sur-ting] / ˌdɪs kənˈsɜr tɪŋ /














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But they did have one potentially innovative and surprising, if disconcerting, solution to our national public health information crisis: A.I. has the potential to help stave off a conspiratorial catastrophe during the next pandemic.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

If you find the concept of large groups of sinister-looking black birds that eat dead animals and garbage while pooping incessantly disconcerting, here’s the bad news: You’d better get used to it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

There’s also a malevolent private eye played by Raymond Burr in the disconcerting role that made him a star.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Not only is the narrative in this “Animal Farm” not the story you knew it to be, but its social implications could be far more disconcerting than a simple change of ideology.

From Salon ● May 3, 2026

It was somehow more disconcerting than if the haint had been solid.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland




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