disassociate

I had to disassociate to get through it, because if I really allowed myself to fully take it in, I probably wouldn’t have been able to get through the song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

In Arkansas, one chapter completely changed its name to disassociate itself from the Kirk-founded organisation, unhappy with the direction in which students felt it was heading.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

In trying to disassociate herself from the scandal, Melania’s lack of acknowledgment of her husband’s ties to Epstein stands out as a confusing, but increasingly familiar, bit of cognitive dissonance.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

He thinks the problem is worse in cities, where "you disassociate yourself" and might not worry as much about disturbing fellow passengers.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

The boys from the neighboring room flinched and took a quick step backward, trying to disassociate themselves.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Notably, reformist President Mohammad Khatami’s foreign minister in 1998 said that the “government disassociates itself from any reward which has been offered in this regard and does not support it.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022

If there’s a central theme to the collection, it’s that illness disassociates us from ourselves, even if we survive it.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021

He added, “On a general level, Cryos disassociates itself from any form of serial sperm donation due to the importance of not exceeding national pregnancy quotas” in each country to which they send sperm.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2021

A diplomat says some of the "disassociates" are certainly working for Iran.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2019

True, he disassociates it from morality, yet admits that it may in a measure be associated with it.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce

She said: "He was much calmer. He was zoned out. I would say he disassociated."

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

But, as you detail, it's relatively new and cannot be disassociated from the history of the United States.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

Museums such as the Louvre, the Tate museums, and the National Portrait Gallery in London have also disassociated themselves from the Sackler family.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2024

“We disassociated politics from those everyday issues, because a lot of politics has become about rhetoric and ideology instead of the core issues,” Plummer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2024

Most striking, perhaps, is the overwhelming evidence that implicit bias measures are disassociated from explicit bias measures.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

They can wield their power by disassociating with objectionable partners.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022

“For us everyday Chinese Americans, we’re going to have to deal with the same issues of, you know, claiming versus disassociating, and parsing through what to identify with and what not to,” he said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022

While the resolution was adopted by the UN General Assembly, Iran - a member of the organisation - said it was disassociating itself from the text.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2022

We take fatherhood very seriously, calling out bad dads and disassociating ourselves from deadbeats.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2020

"This girl she come to the drawbridge and hollered—that's all I know!" said the sentry, disassociating himself from any trouble as completely as possible.

From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett