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disturb

[dih-sturb] / dɪˈstɜrb /




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"We'd at least be able to tell them, 'there are other people who are trying to disturb you'."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

A backlight sufficient to be useful would disturb the laminar flow of air rushing across the rear decklid, increasing shearing turbulence and drag at the back of the car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

About 1am, Adusah left the hotel, telling staff not to disturb his wife.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Qubits can be extremely sensitive to changes in their external environment that disturb their superpositioned state and introduce errors into a calculation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

He’s asleep, so I stand at the doorway so I won’t disturb him.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks




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