disrupt
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The other learning: Companies are building new products that will disrupt existing, publicly traded companies that we seek to avoid.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
It will help the defensive-minded teams like Jordan that they will get three-minute hydration breaks at this World Cup, which turns the games into quarters and disrupt momentum.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“It’s becoming a commercial force and it’s starting to disrupt terrestrial industries.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
A strike that had the potential to disrupt the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
She attended another women's rights convention in New York City in 1853, where a number of men in the audience tried to disrupt the speakers by shouting and hissing.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing disrupt
Make a Break for It: Rupt
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