disturbance
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"The results are consistent with the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, an important framework in ecology and conservation."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez had warned that authorities "will not tolerate any violence or any disturbance of public order."
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The disturbance also triggered waves of new star formation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Onlookers leapt to the teen’s defense, and it took 75 officers to quell the disturbance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
As I stood in this state of indecision, there was a dry crack of wood and a careless disturbance of undergrowth perhaps fifty feet into the woods—something good-sized and unseen.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
While the warmer waters of the Pacific in an El Niño directly disrupt the weather around tropical areas, pulses of energy in the atmosphere, known as planetary waves, can cause disturbances even at polar regions.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Atmospheric disturbances can cause the air high up to start warming which then makes the vortex winds weaken.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The goal was to determine whether the qubit's state could still be reconstructed accurately despite these disturbances.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
According to this hypothesis, ecosystems can benefit from occasional, moderate disturbances that prevent any single species from becoming too dominant.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Despite our vigilance, Dr. Atal, the zoo veterinarian, could tell by the number of animals with digestive disturbances which had been the busy days at the zoo.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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