disturbance
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Interior Minister Laurent Nunez had warned that authorities "will not tolerate any violence or any disturbance of public order."
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The disturbance also triggered waves of new star formation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Onlookers leapt to the teen’s defense, and it took 75 officers to quell the disturbance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Officers were called to reports of a disturbance at a house in Station Road, Thurnby, shortly before 00:30 BST on Thursday.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
She also recognized the texture of the air and the color of the sky that foretold atmospheric trouble, but she chose to fly around the disturbance.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
According to this hypothesis, ecosystems can benefit from occasional, moderate disturbances that prevent any single species from becoming too dominant.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
There are pictures of the disturbances following the 2015 death of Freddie Gray and a gallery set up as a room in a black home with pictures on the wall and a running television program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Compared with those earlier Reddit reports, discussions involving unapproved retatrutide contained proportionally more mentions of appetite-related changes, sleep disturbances, increased heart rate, and muscle-related symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
The technologies involved have changed dramatically, but they remain susceptible to disturbances originating from the Sun.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
We can’t forecast rock disturbances on our own surface.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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