unsettle

He specifically says he won’t unsettle the financial markets that rely on having an independent Fed.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

He cuts in from the left-hand side, and has the pace and balance to unsettle opponents.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

The artworks are as likely to unsettle as they are to move.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Even better, he has used his beauty not to become a matinee idol but to unsettle and surprise us, portraying characters whose handsomeness is very much the point but not the whole story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

The mother looked down at the road, remembering something that seemed to briefly unsettle her.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

"The disclosure of such confidential, sensitive information not only unsettles our workforce; it is also damaging to the business," he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The grand old man of Victorian letters was once a young romantic whose grief-soaked verse still dazzles and unsettles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

What unsettles me is how eagerly people rush to perform the worst versions of themselves when given permission.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

He isn't misunderstood because he behaves badly; he's misunderstood because his existence unsettles old certainties about who gets to define respect.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

Her smug expression convinces me to keep on walking out of the room and unleashes a barrage of worry that unsettles my stomach.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Whether new degrees in AI or digital humanities pay off, or result in concrete careers, is unsettled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

A nurse, who was visibly unsettled and asked not to be identified, told AFP that the hospital was probing the circumstances of the fire and "doesn't want its reputation to be damaged any further".

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

As well as turning more unsettled in the coming days, the area of low pressure which is bringing the showers will also shepherd in some much cooler air from the Arctic.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Whatever the future holds for the accuracy of A.I. detectors, I am unsettled by what both the A.I. writing and the detectors are doing to me right now.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

We listened to the branches break, the dirt get unsettled, the grasses sway.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Pyongyang sent trash-filled balloons and broadcast unsettling noises across the border during the administration of Lee's hawkish predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Everything is unsettling and I am angry at how we are treated," says Anaïs, who is now 42 years old.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Miller has been racking up a series of unsettling on-camera appearances in which his attempts at defending himself instead reveal a deep well of dishonesty.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

Visitors are told, “Our world today grows out of that unsettling history.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

There was an unsettling current in his voice, a genuinely conspiratorial note, as though he believed literally everything that had been said.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles