disturbance
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It offers a way to gather information while minimizing the disturbance that normally accompanies quantum measurements.
From Science Daily β Nov. 5, 2026
According to a statement from the Winter Park Police Department, officers were contacted by a soccer league official requesting a response to a disturbance between the parents of a player and league staff.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 27, 2026
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez had warned that authorities "will not tolerate any violence or any disturbance of public order."
From Barron's β Oct. 24, 2026
In 1871, an anonymous author published an account in the scientific journal Nature describing a "very intense magnetic disturbance" that supposedly occurred on October 18, 1841.
From Science Daily β Oct. 21, 2026
Different types of disturbance shape different ecosystems: floods in the Nile, landslides on the steep pitches of the Andes, hurricanes in the Yucatan Peninsula.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Atmospheric disturbances can cause the air high up to start warming which then makes the vortex winds weaken.
From BBC β Nov. 6, 2026
While the warmer waters of the Pacific in an El Niño directly disrupt the weather around tropical areas, pulses of energy in the atmosphere, known as planetary waves, can cause disturbances even at polar regions.
From BBC β Nov. 6, 2026
According to this hypothesis, ecosystems can benefit from occasional, moderate disturbances that prevent any single species from becoming too dominant.
From Science Daily β Nov. 1, 2026
There are pictures of the disturbances following the 2015 death of Freddie Gray and a gallery set up as a room in a black home with pictures on the wall and a running television program.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 24, 2026
The list of defects linked to chromosome disturbances has grown with surprising speed since the opening of this territory, hitherto beyond the boundaries of medical research.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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