disturbs

present tense third-person singular of disturb
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Recent Examples of disturbs The water is perfectly clear — until someone brushes the side of the cave or disturbs the soft bottom, sending fine silt particles billowing into the beam of a headlamp. Jennifer Walker, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disturbs
Verb
  • Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?
    Time, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What bothers her most is how the refusal seemed to change her brother’s behavior.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, picking better candidates not only makes tactical sense but also removes much of the opportunity for the other side to tear them down.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This agreement removes that barrier to equal access for passengers with disabilities and provides a mechanism to compensate those harmed by Uber's past wait time fee policy.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Incomplete or inconsistent data disrupts workflows and triggers irrelevant follow-ups.
    Al Sefati, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And there’s the impact of climate change itself, which disrupts seasonal temperature change routines.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Marketed as a low-cost cruise missile, Crossbow weighs about 750 kilograms (around 1,650 pounds), carries a 300-kilogram (660-pound) modular payload, and can fly more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) at high subsonic speeds.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Using a combination of titanium and carbon fiber, the TiSeat weighs around 6 kilograms, achieving a 30% weight reduction compared to traditional seating.
    Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Molina, who is fascinated by silver screen legend Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez), distracts himself and Valentín with a recounting of his favorite film of hers — The Kiss of the Spider Woman.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But Democratic leaders said the plan distracts from more urgent legislative priorities and is unlikely to move forward.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • So the idea is that, when Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton office closes, Enervate relocates Oscar to its Toledo newspaper.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In the first episode, the family relocates to the Hamptons for the summer as Alec prepares for the criminal trial in New Mexico.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And so an urban tunnel not only blocks some satellites, but confuses the listeners as to which are direct or reflected signals.
    Steve Tengler, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In visceral and unrelenting prose, the novel troubles the easy distinctions between victim and perpetrator.
    Katie Kitamura August 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Notwithstanding, firing Erika McEntarfer troubles me greatly.
    Phillip Molnar, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Disturbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disturbs. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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