detached
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“We need to start asking ourselves: How come the science of polling has become so, I would say, detached from reality?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
When the model includes a grounding zone measuring 4 to 6 kilometers across, it predicts a 60% probability that Thwaites will become detached from Mouginot Ridge by the end of the century.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Since my visceral moment with the first film, my relationship to the “Friday the 13th” franchise has been detached.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Jamie McCart then became detached from his trolley and Celtic scored from that error, too.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
He stared at Woundwort with a detached, appraising air which the General had not encountered for a very long time.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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