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disquieting

[dis-kwahy-i-ting] / dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪ tɪŋ /


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A week on, the noise and energy have ebbed, giving way to a rare, disquieting calm in a capital usually thronging with 10 million people.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

It was those influencers I found most disquieting during my time in Tucson.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Experts say the FAA’s shifting approach telegraphs a disquieting truth about air safety as private companies increasingly push to use the skies as their laboratories: Regulators are learning as they go.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

A disquieting collection of animatronics became fixtures in the director’s life.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Even for a man so little given to intuition as he was, the dark mansion was disquieting: it seemed to hold a hidden monster.

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




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