disruption

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Traders have also recently bid up the price of oil set to be delivered months in the future, suggesting Wall Street is factoring in a longer-term supply disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

When I look back on the energy shocks of the 1970s, there are certainly similarities to now in terms of the physical disruption to barrels of oil and cubic feet of gas.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

There remains a concern, however, that energy disruption may last beyond the actual conflict and test the resilience of businesses and households in the coming months, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Supplies will carry on dwindling the longer disruption persists and crude prices could top $150 a barrel “if there is no improvement in sight” this month, Patricot wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

He did not understand it, but there was no time to dwell on the matter: Hagrid was causing a certain amount of disruption.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling