dislodge
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Getting the rotting food off racks towering six stories high required hundreds of workers in protective suits to dislodge the moldering food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
That is better than the 46.3 balls it took to dislodge somebody under Stokes but far behind the 69.5 balls Strauss' side soaked up.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
They also outlasted a Saudi-led coalition that fought for seven years to dislodge the group—a U.S.-designated terrorist organization—after it seized San’a and a swath of northwestern Yemen in a civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Reserve currencies are hard to dislodge, particularly without a clear replacement,” Cembalest wrote in a June 23 report.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
Fezzik could not get his arms around to his back and dislodge the enemy.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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“Hold on, there’s a seed stuck in here …” She dislodges the seed and goes on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
The constant freezing and thawing of water in icy temperatures weakens the structure of the road and material eventually dislodges with the movement of vehicles, causing holes.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
In “The Phantom of the Opera,” it is the Phantom who dislodges the chandelier from the ceiling.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
It’s rarer, but a penalty shot can also be awarded if a goalie removes his mask on a breakaway or intentionally dislodges the net.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
She dislodges it from my arms and flips it open.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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One possibility, a huge possibility, is that the catheter became dislodged from her vein and then was spilling the drugs into the surrounding tissue.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The blast of wind sent plywood flying through the air and dislodged heavy machinery.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Most of those dislodged from the town centers probably relocated elsewhere in the desert, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In a statement, Ryanair said its Friday morning flight from the Greek city of Thessaloniki to Germany's Memmingen returned "shortly after take-off when a passenger window dislodged in flight".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“When you physically touched it, you dislodged it from your uncle and it attached to you,” First Turkey explained.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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The civil war erupted in April 2023, when the RSF launched attacks across the country aimed at dislodging its rival, the Sudanese military.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
On an untreated surface, dislodging a sulfur atom requires about 30 electron volts.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
South of Khartoum, the RSF has pushed through the Kordofan region, after dislodging the army from its last stronghold in Darfur last year.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
You’ll recall Texas A&M dislodging itself from Jimbo Fisher in 2023 for a comical $75 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Perhaps she was dislodging a curl of rubber band from inside her cheek, or was she really smiling?
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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