disengage
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The inquiry said the move to secondary education was a key moment where students can start to disengage with school.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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
Hypershell’s app includes reminders for responsible use, including the proper way to disengage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The officer can then disengage from the pursuit while still tracking the suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Slowly I disengage myself from the wire, step out of its reach, and continue uphill.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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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
“Imagine if the autopilot disengages once in 10,000 miles,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2017
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
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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
Authorities said they had “tactically disengaged while continuing to monitor the situation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Another accuses Sir Tony of ignoring what voters actually want their politicians to deliver, adding: "This is why so many people are angry and disengaged."
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
I do not know what life will be like, separated from a faction—it feels disengaged, like a leaf divided from the tree that gives it sustenance.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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In non-hybrid models, the AWD system consists of an electromagnetic coupling ahead of the rear differential, engaging and disengaging the rear wheels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 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
“And when you venture outside of it, it can be quite disengaging for people.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
We know many of them are tired, exhausted and already disengaging from politics to go into survival mode?
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 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
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