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unhinge

[uhn-hinj] / ʌnˈhɪndʒ /


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It inherently asks us to consume these people and needs us to in order to make money, but sometimes consumers want to unhinge their jaws and eat these stars whole, a frightening and unsettling behavior.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

The troubles at Credit Suisse threatened to unhinge Switzerland’s position as a leading financial market, and the takeover left the country with only one internationally important bank: UBS.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Snakes can’t really unhinge their jaws, but for some, that doesn’t get in the way of swallowing absurdly large prey.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

However, those 134 baseball writers just could not unhinge themselves from the fantasy of baseball long enough to open their eyes and cast an impassive vote.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2022

She had plenty of other worries to unhinge her.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

They have shown they can link up on the pitch and all play well, but there always seems to be something around the corner that unhinges them.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024

“Kwon is the one that unhinges us a little bit,” defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

While all viruses find ways to evade the body's defenses, a growing field of research suggests that the coronavirus unhinges the immune system more profoundly than previously realized.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2021

It’s just before London, like a snake, unhinges its huge mechanical jaws and gulps down a small Bavarian mining town — people, bricks and all: “Prepare to ingest.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2018

Zero is so powerful because it unhinges the laws of physics.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"I have done some incredibly unhinged things to survive," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The avatar isn’t designed to mimic an unhinged client, or one asking “gotcha” questions, said Saleem Zafar, a partner in McKinsey’s Dallas office who helped design the pilot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

On particularly volatile days, strategists and bond managers have expressed concerns about the risk of long-dated Treasury yields becoming unhinged.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

She makes deeply unhinged topics feel completely universal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He saw a woman damned; I saw an unhinged old man, literally disfigured by his beliefs.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

While inconsistency has always been an irritating feature of his game, at his best Traore is capable of unhinging defences with his pace alone.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2022

Gardner-Johnson smiled and responded playfully to recent questions about his penchant for unhinging receivers.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021

I was just so freaked out that I wouldn’t be able to breathe, and when I put it in my mouth, I felt like a snake unhinging my jaw just to put it in.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2021

The amount of fear he’s feeling now has got to be unhinging him.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2020

At the end of these recurrent dreams, they watched the grim-lipped officer and the chaplain move toward the unhinging annunciation at the front door.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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