dislodge
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Getting the rotting food off racks towering six stories high required hundreds of workers in protective suits to dislodge the moldering food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
An attempt by Israeli security forces to dislodge the settlers on Wednesday led to confrontations with a bigger group.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Reserve currencies are hard to dislodge, particularly without a clear replacement,” Cembalest wrote in a June 23 report.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
Mr. Warsh needs to dislodge the latter, and one way to do so might be to highlight the former.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
I was still trying to dislodge the stupid feeling of suspicion, and I couldn’t concentrate.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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The constant freezing and thawing of water in icy temperatures weakens the structure of the road and material eventually dislodges with the movement of vehicles, causing holes.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
Then a torrential downpour floods the surrounding streets, dislodges the building and sends the kids floating out to sea, where they have to scavenge food from the other floating buildings they pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
“PTSD . . . dislodges you from the weird tyranny of linear time.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2020
If Brexit dislodges Eastern European workers, though, he frets that his labor costs could soar by as much as 30 percent.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2019
His foot dislodges a pebble and it falls into the abyss, apparently gone forever.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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In March 2025, Tesla recalled over 46,000 of the vehicles because of concerns that the car’s trim could become dislodged.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
Titanium particles can also be dislodged during routine dental cleaning.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
One possibility, a huge possibility, is that the catheter became dislodged from her vein and then was spilling the drugs into the surrounding tissue.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The blast of wind sent plywood flying through the air and dislodged heavy machinery.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Airborne for a moment, Otto stretched, grabbing at a frozen brick that had been dislodged then restuck in time when the Time Suck crashed through the wall.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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The civil war erupted in April 2023, when the RSF launched attacks across the country aimed at dislodging its rival, the Sudanese military.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
On an untreated surface, dislodging a sulfur atom requires about 30 electron volts.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
South of Khartoum, the RSF has pushed through the Kordofan region, after dislodging the army from its last stronghold in Darfur last year.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
You’ll recall Texas A&M dislodging itself from Jimbo Fisher in 2023 for a comical $75 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
He rubbed the toe of his tennis shoe into the dusty trail, dislodging a stone.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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