unbalance

“That’s something we need on this team, players that will unbalance defenses and open up gaps to be able to play through teams.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

He rejected any suggestion that such financial support for a specific investigation could unbalance the court's caseload.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2022

In the days when bottles were handmade, glassblowers would push in the bottoms of bottles to make certain they would stand upright, without a nub of glass to unbalance them.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

There are, however, dangers associated with doing this, as it could cause damage and even unbalance the ship.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2021

The building shook mightily, with enough force to unbalance several terrified Clock Watchers, toppling them.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

And if you change something, it unbalances everything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

There’s a hollowness to Martin’s interpretation that unbalances the otherwise strong ensemble and the dynamics of the Crump household, which Godfrey throws into turmoil when he abruptly remarries.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

“The problem is respecting intellectual property, dealing with excess capacity, which sometimes unbalances some world markets, and the ability to deal rapidly with conflicts we may have and with unfair situations,” Macron told reporters.

From Fox News ● Aug. 26, 2019

He likes to cook, he says, but the role occasionally unbalances him.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2018

I try again and another wave of vertigo unbalances me.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

The rise of excessive current-account deficits and surpluses reflects increasingly unbalanced growth dynamics in China, the European Union and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

By identifying a specific nitric oxide-TSC2-mTOR connection, the study offers a new framework for understanding how cellular signaling may become unbalanced in autism.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

The rising Chinese competition has added to concerns the economic relationship between China and Europe is unbalanced, and has fuelled calls for businesses to "de-risk", mainly by expanding into other markets.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

“I couldn’t be Nicolas’ roots because I was completely uprooted, unbalanced, lost in that crazy world,” she explained years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025

He dropped her hand then, and she felt momentarily unbalanced.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

But Nora’s passion is as obsessive as it is unbalancing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

I talk about how debating involves rhetorical judo, unbalancing your opponent, knocking them off balance when they're least expecting it.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023

"It's a very high cost, it would have to be done gradually and amid a tax reform without unbalancing the public accounts," he said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2022

Pironkova doesn’t play with the flat power normally associated with success on grass, but with forehand slices and dinks and other unbalancing shot-making.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2013

Ha, Pet said inside her head, its voice showing up with an abrupt and unbalancing suddenness.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi