unsettled

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The sale was modest, but it unsettled investors because Strategy has long been viewed as one of bitcoin’s most important corporate buyers, MarketVector’s Leinweber said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Relatives tried to reassure her, but the silence unsettled her.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Consumers are worried and geopolitics are unsettled, but artificial intelligence is enough to power indexes past those anxieties.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Analysts expect few breakthroughs in the trade relationship, unsettled last year by U.S. tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

I must be catching the cap’n’s seventh sense, ’cause something ’bout the way the man looked at us left me feeling unsettled and itchy.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis