Take, for example, a computer virus that disrupts the distribution of natural gas across a region.

Power shortages that disrupted industrial production across two dozen provinces last year revived interest in nuclear power.

But Democrats warned of a ripple effect that would disrupt districts across Texas and spread around the country.

As the abortion debate grew increasingly contentious, extreme pro-life activists began using violence to disrupt women's health clinics across the country.

New laws to disrupt the free passage of past-it celebrities across international borders for career purposes must now be a priority.

Unions representing more than 200,000 bank officers seeking higher wages held a one-day strike, disrupting financial operations across India.

Equipment malfunction, although not frequent, could temporarily disrupt the flow across a given pipeline at an important market center.

War, or even direct threats of war would disrupt an already shaky financial situation across the world.

This is because ice disrupts the flow of air across a wing's upper and lower surfaces, impairing lift.

As you will recall, however, it snowed heavily on that day, disrupting transport across much of Europe.