detach

“Especially when people are laid off, the first thing many do is roll over,” said Christopher Bahnsen, an adviser in Arvada, Colo. “Emotionally, these people want to detach from that employer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

While he admits it will be practically impossible to completely detach himself from soccer, he said there are important things to accomplish off the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

The Dragon effectively functions as a lifeboat - attached to the station but ready to detach the moment the order is given.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

The team was about to take her to the operating room when he was finally able to detach it.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

My neck jerks like it wants to detach itself from the rest of my body.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

By losing control, they exposed how fragile authorship becomes once ownership detaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

From the surface displacements, the researchers could glean clues to what was happening 1000 meters below, near the so-called grounding line—the spot where the frozen behemoth detaches from bedrock.

From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2024

When, for example, a leaf detaches from a tree and falls to the ground, it begins to break down immediately.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

As the soil dries, the thistle dies and detaches from the root.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

As I watch, a small explosion flashes from the launch port and one shuttle dock rail skews to one side, while the other completely detaches.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Experts believe the flood was caused when part of a glacier and the bedrock underneath detached and plunged 4,000 feet into the valley below.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

"There's an intestine detached from the rest of the body, surrounded by tendrils of blood vessels from the yolk."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Tiny Tim needledrops, an in-universe parody of Adam West’s Batman, the irony of its main character finding fulfillment as a fry cook — it all pointed toward Gen X’s wry, detached view of culture.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

It would include 175 for-sale, three-story detached single-family homes; 189 rental apartments in a four-story building and 34 rent-restricted apartments in a four-story building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

In examining Mersault’s life, the judges see his detachment and come to the conclusion that a man who is so detached from normal human feelings is more likely to kill.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Investigators have said the accident was caused by one of the engines catching fire and detaching during takeoff.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025

Jackson charged Gorsuch with disregarding “the clear design of the ADA” by fixating on “one isolated provision” and detaching it “from its place in the overall scheme.”

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2025

In the more than 3,000 pages of documents released ahead of the hearing, the plane's crew described the violent decompression that resulted from the panel detaching mid-flight.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

As part of that move, the company developed a new way of dealing with the trunk, detaching it from the capsule while it was still in orbit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2024

A few young men, the leaders, showed off their physical prowess, detaching the cars from their wires.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield