disturbance
Example Sentences
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"Sea mines and other explosive devices can cause acoustic disturbance impacting sea mammals and other animals, and blast damage to natural undersea structures such as reefs," Weir said.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
This disturbance relaxes the usual Raman selection rules and produces distinctive low-frequency Raman scattering.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
The species, which is native to Peru and Chile, is listed as vulnerable in the wild due to threats like climate change, overfishing and habitat disturbance.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
It was in November that a disturbance first knocked cold air southward and “sent weather patterns into a tailspin this season,” meteorologist Ben Noll wrote to me in an email.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
Aarfy would puff reflectively on his pipe throughout the whole chaotic clash, gazing with unruffled curiosity at the war through McWatt’s window as though it were a remote disturbance that could not affect him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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