as in disturbance
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed
the flat tire resulted in an unfortunate disruption of the schedule for our road trip
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Courtesy Paty Dermody The airline apologized for the disruption and said customers were accommodated on other flights.
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Jay Blackman, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
The countersuit further accuses Lively of making unreasonable demands during the film’s production, rewriting key scenes along with Reynolds and refusing to collaborate on intimacy choreography while blaming others for the disruptions.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Some importers also brought in safety stocks to protect against disruptions from Houthi attacks on shipping near the Suez Canal trade shortcut and a labor dispute at seaports on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.
—Lisa Baertlein and Ellen Zhang, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
The hearing was punctuated at the start with disruptions from several protesters who stood and yelled in English and Spanish.
—Claudia Grisales, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jay Blackman, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
The countersuit further accuses Lively of making unreasonable demands during the film’s production, rewriting key scenes along with Reynolds and refusing to collaborate on intimacy choreography while blaming others for the disruptions.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Some importers also brought in safety stocks to protect against disruptions from Houthi attacks on shipping near the Suez Canal trade shortcut and a labor dispute at seaports on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.
—Lisa Baertlein and Ellen Zhang, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
The hearing was punctuated at the start with disruptions from several protesters who stood and yelled in English and Spanish.
—Claudia Grisales, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Disruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disruption. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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