disturb
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"Another issue we're tackling at the moment is dogs off leads. Not only do they disturb ground nesting birds but they also have an impact on livestock, particularly during lambing season."
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
In agreeing to hear the pair of cases, the justices did not disturb the lower court rulings that blocked the repeals for now.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
“Soaring oil prices are likely to disturb that calm, sending the yield higher,” he says.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026
Titan's slightly elongated orbit can disturb inner moons when their orbital periods become simple fractions of Titan's.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026
It required some courage to disturb so interesting a party; my errand, however, was one I could not defer, so I approached the master where he stood at Miss Ingram’s side.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing disturb
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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