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unsettlement

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as in upheaval

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Recent Examples of unsettlement The third one is transgenerational trauma; the fact that this sense of dispossession, this sense of insecurity, this sense of unsettlement is transferred from generation to generation. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024

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Amid all the upheaval and seemingly inconsistent interpretation of rules, Bill Ford appears to be asking for a strategy beyond exclusion that also might withstand a regime change or two.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 16 July 2026
Other players find trade speculation stressful, a reasonable response to the sudden life upheaval that ensues.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 11 July 2026

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Later Wednesday, Mexico City Health Secretary Nadine Gasman, told a news conference that another man, about 30, was treated by emergency personnel after suffering an epileptic seizure, convulsions, and gastrointestinal bleeding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
It is known to cause neurological problems, convulsions and comas, with children particularly at risk.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

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Andrew Garfield trades modern superheroes for medieval revolution in the trailer for The Uprising, Paul Greengrass’ historical drama inspired by England’s 1381 peasant revolt.

— Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
If those confirm the lab numbers, CAU-10-H could become a key piece of the MOF revolution, pulling drinking water from the sky wherever the rain no longer falls.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 July 2026

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