detachment
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Bigelow, the action expert behind “Point Break” and “Strange Days,” mostly leaves the larger politics offscreen and stays with the men doing the dangerous work, their detachment a survival tactic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Glasses or contact lenses can correct blurry vision, but severe myopia also raises the risk of serious eye problems later in life, including retinal detachment, glaucoma, and macular degeneration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
People often mistake that humour for detachment, says Nishant Shah, director of Digital Narratives Center at School of Journalism & Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
For the first time, the city has also got its own detachment of mounted police officers, workers have filled in the potholes and manhole covers have finally been laid flush with the surrounding pavement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
However, his face settled back into businesslike detachment when Yishan reached into his bag and waved a gold coin.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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Wildlife experts from the German Oceanographic Museum and the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research said the whale was severely injured with visible skin detachments.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
The military's statement said that box extended "up to the northern tip of Luzon, particularly Mavulis Island", which hosts small Philippine navy and marine detachments.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The small U.S. detachments are not authorized or equipped to fight a war against the guard or anyone else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Military detachments standing guard are rotated every 20 minutes.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
The front detachments were now close to our camp, and still more troops kept issuing from the camp of the Indians.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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