That definition is ambiguous, so extremists have taken it to mean anything, including the possibility of a vessel's disturbing a resting sea mammal.
An Unrwa statement said the storming of its Gaza field office was "a dramatic and disturbing escalation in a series of demonstrations that have taken place over the past week".
But it presents a convincing and disturbing vision of a future in which everyday decision-making is increasingly automated, and the role of human judgment restricted to providing input to formulae.
Two brothers have been found guilty of disturbing of a colony of Britain's rarest breeding seabird on Coquet Island off the Northumberland coast.
More disturbing, a recent Reuters survey shows 1 out of 10 people around the world believe the end of the Mayan calendar could mean the end.
Particularly disturbing was a recent piece of research from the AAA Foundation that showed newly licensed teenage girls are around twice as likely as boys to use electronic devices while driving.
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Why were Weight Watchers commercials featuring former player and current NBA announcer Charles Barkley and a disturbing CDC anti-smoking commercial featuring a woman named Terrie on constant loop throughout the playoffs, as if NHL fans are all fat smokers?
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In their letter to Starr, the GOP senators cited what they called "a disturbing pattern of contradictory, incomplete or inaccurate testimony" from a number of witnesses.
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These headwinds include a stubbornly high unemployment rate, a disturbing trend of increasing jobless claims, elevated commodity prices, a lackluster residential real estate and increasing sovereign debt problems overseas and, as previously discussed, on our homeland.
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In this decade, the Steelers have had a disturbing knack for giving up the big play on special teams: a punt or kickoff returned for a touchdown.
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The story, which at first seemed like a charming Disney-like fairytale, actually is bleak and almost disturbing, like a non-charming, 18th century fairytale.
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There is a disturbing similarity to the reason that punters flocked to IPOs in America in the technology bubble: shares were rising a lot, and fast.
She also blamed a "disturbing" trend for online bullying of young women on a "crisis in masculinity".
Only a quarter were fully satisfied with practising medicine, a disturbing statistic for patients.
But Facebook represents a disturbing trend in U.S. capitalism: genuflection to the diversion industry.
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Though MarkMonitor's data are far from definitive, the company's study raises a disturbing point.
Back in the United States, the threat of a terrorist attack has reached a disturbing level.
He was a legendary coach, an all-timer with a historic career tarnished by a disturbing scandal.
This is a disturbing aspect of the bailout schemes arranged by the International Monetary Fund.
As for Clonaid, its more disturbing ambitions include a plan to clone a dead child.
Yet it sets a disturbing precedent of ends justifying means when those involve criminal theft.
On top of this, Britain found itself plunged without preparation into a disturbing legal terra incognita.
For it points to a disturbing resemblance between the car industries in South America and South-East Asia.
But if only those tempests strong enough to cause serious damage are studied, a disturbing picture emerges.
On a final note, there is a disturbing development in the charts of the VIX and SPX below.
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The survey produces a disturbing image of an industry that is seriously out of touch with its clients.
That dynamic can get otherwise sensible people to unite around a disturbing cause, just because they feel under attack.
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This case also points out a disturbing reality about the relationship between pension consultants and the funds they advise.
It seems a new report arrives in my inbox at least every week, each complete with a disturbing headline.
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