dislodged

Example Sentences

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Haitian security forces are currently conducting a large-scale offensive against criminal gangs and have dislodged one of their most notorious members, Jimmy Cherizier, also known as "Barbecue."

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Along with team member Laura Clifton Byrne, an undergraduate at San Francisco State University, he also shadowed foraging chimpanzees, retrieving freshly dislodged fruits from beneath the canopy and measuring their alcohol content.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

For Germany, Europe’s longtime engine of growth, global shifts have dislodged the tentpoles of its economic success: cheap gas from Russia, booming export markets in China and the U.S. defense umbrella.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

But his movements accidentally dislodged him from the rock and he slid down the rest of the glacier face, disappearing from sight.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

He kicked it away and watched countless dislodged beetles scurry to new hiding places.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry