jarring

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That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

But jarring tensions are emerging in the run-up to UFC Freedom 250, the event being held in a specially built arena erected over the White House's elegant South Lawn.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

For Banerjee personally, the adjustment may be jarring after decades at the centre of power.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

But getting started as early as possible with Griese makes sense—especially given the jarring difference between the offense the Raiders are expected to run and the one Mendoza knew so well in Bloomington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I stepped off the plane into a jarring note.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey