disengage

Ironically, while Expo Park desperately needs to connect, Oschin’s galleries succeed most when they disengage from the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

“A track-mounted passenger seat assembly that is installed incorrectly can disengage from the seat tracks if there is an increased load, turbulence, or emergency landing,” the FAA said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

After she told the police last year, the woman seemed to disengage from further inquiries.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

"If the strategy is not just to disengage from China, but it's to disengage more globally -- which I don't think it is, by the way -- I don't think it's sustainable," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

I watched from a distance as Ms. Sandnes tried to disengage them.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

But Five Point-backed companies’ handling of increasingly scarce resources somewhat disengages each of them from commodity price fluctuations, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

"It just disengages somebody - one half of the couple - because they don't have any of the information," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025

If a pitcher disengages a third time and doesn’t record an out, a balk is called and all runners advance one base.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

If a pitcher disengages a third time for a pickoff attempt, the runner advances one base if the attempt fails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

He makes sure he does not disturb the arrangement of her shoes on the floor, but steps over them and disengages the back panel.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

This is just one more way in which Wall Street has become more disengaged from our everyday lives — something I call the Wall Street-Main Street disconnect.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

But he said Britain was doing a "poor job" of handling sickness in the workplace, leading to more people becoming disengaged and dropping out altogether.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Narratives of Jewish persecution—predominantly those around the Holocaust—have, she pointed out, deeply engaged non-Jewish audiences, who yet remain disengaged from, and often uneasy about, the real lives of contemporary Jews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Mayra Goulart, political science professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, told AFP the main challenge for Lula and Flavio will be to reach "disengaged voters" who are highly likely to abstain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Waiting for an opportune moment of parental distraction, she calmly disengaged herself and followed the sign.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Europe, the official said, finds itself alone because the Americans are disengaging with the region, meaning it must rely more on itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

The immediate payoff that comes from disengaging from social media might feel like “coffee money” in the short term, but “good habits have compounding effects,” Segrera said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025

“But I don’t believe that disengaging is the answer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

"It's clear that while changes within a company might make sense in the boardroom, they are increasingly disengaging and disappointing consumers who feel let down," she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024

By the time the other kids caught up with her, the locks were already disengaging.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser