dislodged

Example Sentences

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In 2024, nearly 4,000 vehicles were recalled for a faulty accelerator pedal that could become dislodged and stuck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

For now, however, no credible alternatives—including China’s currency—exist, Shearing writes, meaning the dollar is unlikely to be dislodged in the near term.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Along with team member Laura Clifton Byrne, an undergraduate at San Francisco State University, he also shadowed foraging chimpanzees, retrieving freshly dislodged fruits from beneath the canopy and measuring their alcohol content.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

For Germany, Europe’s longtime engine of growth, global shifts have dislodged the tentpoles of its economic success: cheap gas from Russia, booming export markets in China and the U.S. defense umbrella.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Something fell to the floor and rolled, glittering, under a chair: He had dislodged the Snitch when he pulled out the letter.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling