as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind
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Recent Examples of dishevel
The offbeat styling had tights and leggings worn as pants, and the hair deliberately disheveled.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2023
However, this time, Addison arrives disheveled and exhausted with a messy bun instead of an immaculate ponytail.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023
Amanda Loman/Getty The Trail Blazers looked listless and disheveled at times during their Wednesday loss to the Celtics.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
Not too much makeup, but not disheveled.
—Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2023
However, this time, Addison arrives disheveled and exhausted with a messy bun instead of an immaculate ponytail.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023
Amanda Loman/Getty The Trail Blazers looked listless and disheveled at times during their Wednesday loss to the Celtics.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
Not too much makeup, but not disheveled.
—Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
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An elbow injury disrupted the career that Elaine Schmidt might have had as a high-level flutist.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
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In the last year, the FBI has disrupted other potential attacks inspired by the militant group, including in October when agents arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma accused of plotting an election day attack targeting large crowds.Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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The volcano’s light illuminates a double lenticular cloud, or a UFO-like cloud formation created when a mountain disturbs air flow and creates standing waves above it.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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The restaurant’s owner requested that the police detain the tourist for intoxication and disturbing the public order; on Sunday, Cabo Rojo’s mayor said that the responding officer had been suspended while the case was being investigated.Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
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Evans believes a lack of planning is largely to blame for our productivity failures, and warns people not to confuse being busy with being productive.Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Penn State’s receivers won’t be confused for an elite group, but tight end Tyler Warren is the top player in the country at that position, and the running back duo of Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton is one of the nation’s best.Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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For more on Marvel Rivals, our in-depth guides cover the best Vanguard, Duelist, and Strategist characters, which are due to get shuffled thanks to the arrival of the new heroes.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Injuries forced Howe to shuffle his pack, and hit doubly hard as midfielders/forwards had to fulfil secondary positions, such as Gordon to right-winger or Joelinton from No 8 to winger.Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
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“Dishevel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishevel. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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