unhinge
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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
Like some members of the reptile family, dwarf males can unhinge their jaws, allowing them to ingest several pounds of earth a second.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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
That unleashed force is plied most artfully here to create a portrait of how grief unhinges, disarranges and heightens everyday life.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2019
Zero is so powerful because it unhinges the laws of physics.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Then I saw seemingly 20 different unhinged personalities on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Mr. James captures the actors’ sense of embattled defiance amid a Jamaica he portrays as increasingly unhinged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The film shot Curry Barker onto the A-list of new directing talent and made a star of Inde Navarrette and her virtuosically unhinged performance as Nikki.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
They have what few candidates get: the opportunity to be unhinged and distracting in the opposite direction of someone like RFK Jr.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
As her whole body shook the fairy queen’s mouth suddenly unhinged, and her lower jaw dropped open far enough to almost curl up under itself.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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
