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unsettle

[uhn-set-l] / ʌnˈsɛt l /


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Still, few things unsettle hikers more than the possibility of a grizzly encounter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

"It has been very concerning that an issue as important as safeguarding is being used to attempt to unsettle the church's leadership and divide its congregation," the statement added.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 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

Even bad news could unsettle the humors and cause illness.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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