derange

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Recent Examples of derange Jack Smith should be considered mentally deranged, and he should be thrown out of the country. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024 Written in black and white, the attacks look deranged. Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 May 2023 But in her new album Workin’ on a World, that goodness is now deranged. Armond White, National Review, 28 Apr. 2023 Clearly, he is deranged. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for derange
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Verb
  • The Heisenberg uncertainty principle teaches us that observation disturbs the observed.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Hammond, not wanting the dinosaurs disturbed, sends behavioral paleontologist Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) to Isla Sorna, where the dinosaurs have been living without human interference.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • The Justice Department has filed similar prosecutions in recent years, as well as created an initiative aimed at disrupting the threat.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2025
  • As discussed ad nauseum Iran could disrupt shipping in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, but only partly and only for a brief period.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • While notification bundles were an option before, they were primarily used for messaging, and not all developers bothered.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
  • If Waldron wasn’t battered, then Phillies starter Zack Wheeler was hardly bothered.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The man is Jack Ryan, not to be confused with the Jack Ryan dreamed up by Tom Clancy.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • There are at least eight varieties of Lambrusco grapes (not to be confused with Vitis labrusca of North America), of which the best known, oldest and most abundant is Lambrusco di Sorbara.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Hawkins’s performance as a woman who was destroyed by the death of her daughter, more so than anyone around her seems to realize, both powers and unbalances the film.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 May 2025
  • Mbappe’s arrival also unbalanced the attack, with Ancelotti struggling to find a way to fit the France forward into the side, leading to slumps in form for Bellingham, Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • The real impact of tariffs – if they are actually implemented – would not likely be large enough to unhinge the massive Treasury bond market.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • The first meeting this season between the Padres and Dodgers was unhinged from the start.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • While the housing bill got lost among numerous priorities during this year’s legislative session, top leaders are now laser-focused on the issue and will not be distracted.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
  • The president’s critics, meanwhile, accuse him of using the scandal to distract from stalled reforms and growing public dissatisfaction.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Their love is reignited in the most unlikely form, but not everyone welcomes her return—especially March’s family, still unsettled by a ghostly presence that appeared after a factory worker’s death forced their business to close.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 July 2025
  • The chaotic shuttering of USAID by Trump and Elon Musk and the still unfolding humanitarian fallout in several African countries has unsettled many.
    Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 27 June 2025

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