unsettle

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

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

Martinez wants his signs to unsettle viewers who are insulated from the city’s unrest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

The left-handed Munsey started briskly with a flurry of fours to unsettle the Italy attack in the first six overs of the powerplay.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 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

Oh, but it did unsettle the matrons of Bethlehem to see the poor thing boosted into a class ahead of their own children, there to become dazzling slick-quick at mathematics.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The Barcelona forward's excellent ball control and dribbling skills clearly unsettles defences and pulled the Austrian defenders towards him to create more space for Oyarzabal.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

“It roils the markets,” he said, adding that it unsettles both investors and the legal framework surrounding the Fed.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

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

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 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

But the question of how the city will pay for police protection remains largely unsettled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The IMF pointed to the unsettled nature of the Mideast conflict and also alluded to a possible backlash against artificial intelligence that damages stock markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

Washington’s death in December 1799 unsettled Americans with anxiety and nostalgia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Fiona admits Duchess' presence sometimes unsettled other dog owners, but is adamant the breed's muscular appearance, as well as media portrayals, are causing a harmful stigma.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

People in Paleolithic societies had led the unsettled life of the hunter and food gatherer, reaping where nature sowed and thus at the mercy of forces that they could neither understand nor control.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

During her decade as a public defender in Arctic Alaska, Rebecca Wright Stevens found the summer’s constant sunlight more unsettling than the winter’s constant darkness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

His parents added: "These last two weeks have been a very uncertain and unsettling time."

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

"Some of this year's report makes for unsettling reading, but it is an especially unsettled time both for the news media sector and for the world at large," Egan wrote.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Limbo doesn’t have a ZIP code, but it’s an awfully unsettling place to live.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

The raptor had stayed at a slow stalk, presumably so Riker could get off a good shot, but the ankys scrambled forward at an unsettling speed.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older