disrupted

past tense of disrupt

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disrupted Baharoon said the rise of AI could produce an economic transformation comparable to previous industrial revolutions, creating new industries and opportunities even as existing professions are disrupted. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Evander Holyfield regains the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships from Riddick Bowe in a fight disrupted by a parachutist. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026 These partnerships reinforce our belief that Salesforce can benefit from AI rather than be disrupted by it. — Alexa Lomonaco,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026 Targets are saddled with enormous legal bills, their reputations irreparably tarnished and their lives severely disrupted. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026 Read All About It Bomb threats disrupted passenger flights across Europe, forcing at least one to make an emergency landing at a French Air Force base today. — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026 Several Gulf economies face deep contractions this year as disrupted energy production and trade take their toll. — Jihad Azour, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026 The map above shows the landing locations of European flights disrupted by false bomb threats. — Colleen Barry, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026 These firings have disrupted senior military operations, Myre says. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrupted
Verb
  • The Notre Dame product fractured his forearm in the preseason finale and was already expected to be a roster bubble player on cut-down day.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Their interiors were fractured into visually immersive pools and veins of cobalt, scarlet, yellow and blue.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Caruso is particularly disturbed about her intent to fire LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
  • An officer responded to PSA, and police said about two pallets of cards were stolen from the truck and a third was disturbed.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • While Democrats notched historic upsets nationwide — including in places like Kansas, which broke a 90-year streak — Texas carries outsized national weight given the recent corporate stampede to the state.
    — Shelly Banjo, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Tar Heel Democrats also flipped the state House and broke the GOP’s Senate supermajority.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe should not be confused with evidence that extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth, Kirkpatrick said.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Saturday’s opener started with a couple taking an amusement park ride, only to be confused by Pumpkins’ appearance in what was supposed to be a scary attraction.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Both the rocket and the camera were destroyed after crashing into the Earth at a speed of about 340 miles per hour.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Cities outside Paris have been hit hard by the unrest, including Limoges where a fire nearly destroyed the 19th-century city hall.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Findings of no effect tend to either be shuffled off to low-profile journals or left behind as unpublished lab lore.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • It’s been more than a year since Ozzy Osbourne shuffled off this mortal coil.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Then beef stock and heavy cream are added, and the sauce is reduced heavily.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • By controlling how densely cancer-targeting proteins are displayed on the virus, the team developed vaccine particles that significantly reduced tumor development in mice.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But there’s a lot of moving pieces, including the fact that the singer was also recently upset by the fact that pictures of her wedding décor leaked.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Somehow Serra upset Sherman Oaks Notre Dame last week, then won a coin flip to finish in third place in the Mission League.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Disrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrupted. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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