unplug

Natalie Pattillo makes the case that recess is an easy way for students—especially teenagers—to unplug from their devices, reset their minds, and build their relationships.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

In response, many readers wrote about their own efforts to disconnect and unplug, and the learnings that came from making those steps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"I can't just sort of go home and like unplug and be like a different person," she tells Saunders.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

On Thursday, two members of Congress unveiled a bipartisan bill requiring makers of the most powerful AI models to build in a kill switch -- a way to unplug a model outright.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

I wouldn’t have stopped to pack a bag, or say goodbye to my friends, or to even unplug my projector.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Before S.G.V. takes a shower, Vargas unplugs her IV tubes, flushes them with saline and tapes a plastic sheet over her chest to keep water from getting in and infecting the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

If someone unplugs the hub, that triggers an automated phone call alerting the owner.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2023

But are there consequences if everyone unplugs from the system?

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2022

My father is so cheap when we go to bed he unplugs the clocks.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2015

We all sit there blinking as she unplugs and sits down.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

When the toys use messaging apps to control their owners in ways that go terrifyingly unnoticed, humankind itself seems to be blundering about with its brain unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

She claimed she was off work and home alone—that she had unplugged her phone and gone to bed.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

We were unplugged by necessity, by force majeure, by decree of Xcel Energy Inc., and compelled to set aside our screens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

In 2020, economist Paul Milgrom unplugged the phone when the Nobel committee called - in the middle of the night - to tell him he had won the Nobel for economics.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

I demand, shaking the unplugged cord in the replacement operator’s face.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

It’s a hard day for a lot of people, so unplugging and watching the sunset is always an option.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

But beyond the material hardships, many describe a similar feeling: the impossibility of unplugging from their problems.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

What we need is a culture capable of making that unplugging last.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Ms Kane agrees: "By unplugging them you're removing them from the electrical supply completely which just protects against the risk of electrical faults or surges."

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

Expecting candy and having none, the boys took turns unplugging the radio.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord