disturbed

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Fashion Nova’s “unlawful conduct invaded Plaintiff’s privacy, disturbed Plaintiff’s peace and quiet, and caused nuisance and annoyance in a realm that is private and personal,” the complaint stated.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The programme said it had already been aware of the population, but did not publicise its presence to reduce the risk of the beavers being disturbed by the public.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

I have been disturbed to see how seriously many of my patients have taken the panic around microplastics and fertility to heart, as if using wooden cutting boards will negate age-related infertility, for example.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

The uneasy orchestral writing acts as a collective, disturbed subconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“So you’ll have to take a boat. Crocodile Guts’s boat was pulled up on a sandbank when he died. I doubt whether anyone has disturbed it.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer