unplug
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"I can't just sort of go home and like unplug and be like a different person," she tells Saunders.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
On Thursday, two members of Congress unveiled a bipartisan bill requiring makers of the most powerful AI models to build in a kill switch -- a way to unplug a model outright.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
While the timing isn’t ideal for my new Gi experiment, I plan to unplug without abandoning Dr. Becky.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
“This is an opportunity to unplug from our daily lives,” she tells the assembled group, amid nods and murmurs of agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Mom says she wants to unplug on vacation, so I can hang on to it.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
Before S.G.V. takes a shower, Vargas unplugs her IV tubes, flushes them with saline and tapes a plastic sheet over her chest to keep water from getting in and infecting the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
She unplugs microwaves and uses the hanger trick on curtains.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
But are there consequences if everyone unplugs from the system?
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2022
My father is so cheap when we go to bed he unplugs the clocks.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2015
She gets me out of bed, straps me into my chair, unplugs the Medi-Talker from the charger, and hooks me up.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
She claimed she was off work and home alone—that she had unplugged her phone and gone to bed.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
We were unplugged by necessity, by force majeure, by decree of Xcel Energy Inc., and compelled to set aside our screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
“We look forward to making sure that oversight is preserved and protected and not muzzled and not unplugged or sabotaged.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
In 2020, economist Paul Milgrom unplugged the phone when the Nobel committee called - in the middle of the night - to tell him he had won the Nobel for economics.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Using only her left hand, her good hand, she unplugged her suit from the air hose.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
But beyond the material hardships, many describe a similar feeling: the impossibility of unplugging from their problems.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
But if unplugging promises greater focus, stronger families and richer communities, why has it proved so difficult?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Ms Kane agrees: "By unplugging them you're removing them from the electrical supply completely which just protects against the risk of electrical faults or surges."
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
I work at a major social-media company and read your column about Gen Z unplugging while I was scrolling Instagram during my morning commute.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2025
Expecting candy and having none, the boys took turns unplugging the radio.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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