disrupt
Example Sentences
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The idea builds on Fang's earlier work showing that tiny swimmers can disrupt powerful ocean currents.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
“What this conflict has taught us, and what the Russia-Ukraine conflict has taught us, is that it doesn’t take much to disrupt things.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
He suggested Ukraine's main objective was not only to strike the assets "important to Russia's image of grand power", but to disrupt key logistical convoys, command posts, and communication towers.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
But these projects depend on the New Glenn rocket, and with its explosion coming shortly after a malfunction causing a satellite mission failure last month, the anomalies could disrupt NASA's tight mission schedule.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
That’s the law I’ve set down for myself—don’t disrupt the life you’re living in.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Vocabulary lists containing disrupt
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