decompress
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"Is your ability to look after yourself changing? Are you able to decompress from work? Is your sleep OK?"
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
That freedom helps them decompress, build resilience, and develop healthy habits for life.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
“That was really a nice way to decompress and reframe my experience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Such emotional familiarity ensures that even a quick dinner over sandwiches in the park can provide us with conversational carte blanche, a space to decompress and demystify without judgment.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
"I want the outer door locked in the fully open position with the mechanical stopper in place to keep it from being trashed by the decompress."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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"Once you take a piece away, the tissue decompresses like a flat tire," Purmessur Walter said.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
As Pedro decompresses on the golf course, they zip around the country club in their golf carts as a few bewildered seniors look on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
In the offseason, Rodgers decompresses with non-football activities, such as the darkness retreat in Oregon he used to do some self-reflection - and ultimately led him to the Jets.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
In the offseason, Rodgers decompresses with non-football activities, such as the darkness retreat in Oregon he used to do some self-reflection — and ultimately led him to the Jets.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
These days, Rollins decompresses by going to her kids’ soccer games and track meets and binge-watching “Squid Game.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
"That's the best thing for my mental health and then I'll come back when I feel better, when I've decompressed over everything that's been going on."
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
Waters says that each dog will be different, but typically by the six-month mark they’ll be settled, fully decompressed, and begin developing a strong relationship with you.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
It was “the place where I decompressed, and thought through all the problems,” he said.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022
It was a holiday weekend, and she decompressed by steering a paddleboard out to sea.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2018
“He was overmedicated. He went sideways uncontrollably. When we got him, we basically decompressed him and he’s been a model. And I see this kid going places.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2018
A luxury backyard sauna and cold plunge could make sense for decompressing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The extensively engineered retaining wall and thoughtful landscaping transformed the property into a series of expansive outdoor living spaces designed for entertaining, decompressing, and fully embracing the indoor-outdoor lifestyle.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
A typical after-school day for participants at the center starts with snacks, and decompressing with games or time on the computer to let their minds relax.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
So it’s really good for decompressing, even though it’s a crazy weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
As a result, the front electrode Page 69 approaches and recedes from the rear electrode, thus compressing and decompressing the mass of granular carbon between them.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller
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