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[dis-tuhns] / ˈdɪs təns /




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She denies that getting close to the sharks and touching them causes harm: "Most of my work and what I share is respecting and observing from a distance," she says.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Cunningham called Keaton’s behavior “truly embarrassing” while also attempting to distance herself from her previous anti-trans comments, stressing that trans women, trans men and everyone else are welcome “at her table.”

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

A poolside interlude channels the tension of distance between two people who were once close: The woman grasps a book but seems primarily absorbed in melancholy; the man broods around her.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

At that enormous distance, our entire planet appeared in the images as only a single-pixel-sized point of light.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Neither Nate or Zara will respond to my calls or texts, Jonah won’t talk to Mom, and the one person I want some distance from won’t leave me alone.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

“For itineraries covering long distances between parks, charging infrastructure remains limited,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

He said: "This is a brilliant example of a local catch staying local, reducing the need to transport fish long distances and showcasing the quality of the Cornish sardine."

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

As Weber explains, "they send the newly formed nuclei of their daughter cells gliding across long distances to repopulate the damaged area of the brain and knit the astrocyte network back together."

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

They also carry out an unusual process in which newly created nuclei from daughter cells travel considerable distances through the astrocytes toward the damaged region.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

How did he know she had not been wounded, for example, and unable to travel long distances?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Soon after, Abehsera, Sazan Real Estate’s chairman, distanced his group from the controversy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The adaptation is set to be released in January 2027, but Adeyemi has already distanced herself from the project.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Shah distanced himself from the ads attacking Jackson and called for them to be taken off the air.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Rakhmon has also distanced himself from the country's Soviet past -- though without openly criticising key ally Russia.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

I distanced myself from games in the village and sat behind houses, staring into the open space until my migraines temporarily subsided.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

McIntosh told BBC Wales that he was also distancing himself from the comment.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The package had arrived only minutes earlier, so it was pretty clear she wanted to scope out her new neighbors, and during a time of social distancing, this was the perfect excuse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Amy Xiang, who Sauntered last year, was a college freshman in 2020 and spent much of her undergraduate career socially distancing.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Le Pen has long sought to make the party she inherited from her father Jean-Marie more palatable, including by distancing it from the antisemitic legacy of a man convicted for Holocaust denial.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

It was eerie and distancing, like we’d fished an old movie of the nursery out of a vault and played it back without volume.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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