perturbing

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“It’s perturbing and upsetting,” said Mark Bookbinder, a 68-year-old engineer who lives in Cincinnati.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Changes in the spin state can be observed by shining a laser through the material to see how many defects are "on" or "off" after perturbing them.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

This is because the smoke has disrupted this dynamic growth pattern, as opposed to just perturbing a more stable system like an adult.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2023

When the military blitz against the Rohingya took place, she seemed unwilling or unable to stop it, perturbing those who had admired her stoic leadership of a democracy movement through years under house arrest.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022

We are perturbing our poor planet in serious and contradictory ways.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan