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dislodge

[dis-loj] / dɪsˈlɒdʒ /


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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

That is better than the 46.3 balls it took to dislodge somebody under Stokes but far behind the 69.5 balls Strauss' side soaked up.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

For KB Financial Group’s Peter S. Kim, regulatory moves are unlikely to do much to dislodge Korea’s entrenched culture of fast-money investing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

However, unlike in 2023 and earlier this year, it’s been tougher to quickly dislodge 5% 30-year Treasury yields once they hit, as the below chart shows.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

She began kicking at them frantically, to dislodge them from the deck.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

“Hold on, there’s a seed stuck in here …” She dislodges the seed and goes on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

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

“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

We all feel the moment when the ferry dislodges from the pier.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

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

Most of those dislodged from the town centers probably relocated elsewhere in the desert, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

"Behind a line of emergency service vehicles, I could also see that several cargo containers aboard the BG Orange had been dislodged from their original positions," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

He dislodged Noor’s elbow from his back and scooted closer to the door.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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

The safety car in Miami was caused by Max Verstappen dislodging a bollard as he began to struggle with his car.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024

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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