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unsettle

[uhn-set-l] / ʌnˈsɛt l /


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The artworks are as likely to unsettle as they are to move.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Martinez wants his signs to unsettle viewers who are insulated from the city’s unrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

These tensions could unsettle production in electric vehicles and defence equipment too, says Naoki Hattori, chief Japan economist at Mizuho.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Even better, he has used his beauty not to become a matinee idol but to unsettle and surprise us, portraying characters whose handsomeness is very much the point but not the whole story.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

He was like a wind that threatened to unsettle everything.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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