disengage
Example Sentences
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During his speech in the mosque, community leader Gamel Kheir told attendees that "we can neither totally disengage nor invite politicians for some cheap token photo opportunity".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
“The U.S. was trying to disengage from Europe at the end of the war,” said Benn Steil, director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
Readers may be disoriented by the flow of a poem that was meant to be listened to, not read, but once engaged, they will find it difficult to disengage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
The inquest - which began on Monday at Nottingham Coroner's Court - heard Alphonsine had begun to disengage with housing and social services in 2021, refusing access to her house.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
She made no response whatever to the clasp of his arm; she did not even try to disengage herself.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing disengage
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