as in distracting
to cause to go insane or as if insane
the shock of the loss of his wife and children completely unbalanced him
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In Season 4, Eddie played a key role in distracting Vecna’s (Jamie Campbell Bower) Demobats as the rest of the gang launched an attack on the Upside Down stronghold of Creel House.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
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Because many designs in the 1970s focused on open-concept designs, noise in the previous building could be distracting for classes, and teachers had made makeshift walls using bookshelves in an attempt to keep noise out, Bookhout said.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Martin revealed the repeat offender's disturbing search history.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The property served as both recording hub and the center of disturbing allegations that have long shadowed Kelly’s career.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Saft, not bothering to remove his sneakers, leaped onto a chair to place an ornate gold mirror over the mantelpiece.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Talk through what’s bothering you to gain a compassionate perspective.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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School, family call incident upsetting In a letter to parents, Kenwood High School’s principal said the alert was reviewed and canceled after officials confirmed there was no weapon.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Last year, Vandy was a fun upstart story after upsetting Alabama, while IU was the CFP interloper in Curt Cignetti’s first season with the Hoosiers.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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This was out of respect for me, and also to avoid confusing the children.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter is among those coaches expected to get real consideration in next year's head-coaching cycle, and his propensity for confusing young QBs is well known across the NFL.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Burmese pythons, which can engulf an entire Presidential golfing party simply by unhinging their (the pythons’) jaws, inhabit the environs of the Gulf of Mexico, and have even been seen swimming offshore.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The cringing mortifications and unsettling unreality make the series a tough sit.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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In doing so, Piccioli subtly weaves in his own creative quirks, while winking (from behind dark glasses) at his predecessor — a way of not entirely unsettling the clientele won over during the previous decade.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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Seeing a drug addict let loose on your block is maddening.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Baseball beauty and a maddening soap opera not even worth an attempt at summarizing.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Unbalancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbalancing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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