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Their relentlessly upbeat line deliveries will unnerve anyone who has played the role of the family mediator.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

The loss of bullish momentum on Wall Street on Thursday as the session progressed and renewed 'bear steepening' of the U.S. yield curve will unnerve some investors.

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2023

They will unnerve our allies and amuse our opponents.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2016

Such remarks will unnerve markets still uncertain whether Bratusek can hold the government together now that it has staved off the immediate threat of a bailout.

From Reuters • Jan. 29, 2014

A fainting woman, if she is beautiful and fashionably dressed, will unnerve even a resourceful police official.

From The Hampstead Mystery by Watson, John R. (John Reay)