detachment
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I listened politely, nibbling my onion petals in a state of Zen-like detachment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Nevertheless, nail detachment and discoloration remained approximately two to three times more common among GLP-1 users after these adjustments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Bush's apparent detachment was striking throughout all the court proceedings I witnessed.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The effect, the author suggests, was lasting and unexpectedly salutary, with the new emperor’s detachment strengthening Rome’s “emergent bureaucracy,” made up of administrators whose “whose self-interest guaranteed orderly solutions to local problems.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Mr. Jacobs spoke with an easy detachment, a combination of fear and humor that only centered on himself.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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Wildlife experts from the German Oceanographic Museum and the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research said the whale was severely injured with visible skin detachments.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
The military's statement said that box extended "up to the northern tip of Luzon, particularly Mavulis Island", which hosts small Philippine navy and marine detachments.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The small U.S. detachments are not authorized or equipped to fight a war against the guard or anyone else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
It’s home to two key U.S. drone bases and at least 1,000 American military personnel, in addition to military detachments from France, Italy and other European countries.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
Then he told of the reinforcements that arrived: Joseph Hooker with detachments from the Army of the Potomac; William Tecumseh Sherman with most of the Army of the Tennessee.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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