unplug

“That’s the point, you know what we should do? Pull the plug, literally unplug the computer.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“We can’t just unplug it because it could be copying itself over to other computers,” he told CBS News.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

"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

I unplug and play through the song with my fingers on the frets.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

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

She unplugs microwaves and uses the hanger trick on curtains.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022

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

After the longest three minutes of my life, Supreme takes his earbuds from his ears, unplugs them from my phone, and hands my phone back to me.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Trying to avoid frightening his children, he silently stared into the camera to show the hackers he knew about them and then unplugged the camera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

She insists that Amazon’s Alexa not just be powered down but unplugged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

The technology was never fully deployed and was unplugged after three months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

I helped Grammy check each cottage refrigerator to make sure it was empty, unplugged, and left open so it doesn’t stink in the spring.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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

Recently, I’ve been reading “24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week” by Tiffany Shlain, which chronicles her family’s decade-long practice of unplugging for Shabbat.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026

I was calling because the rest of my friends had taken to unplugging their phones after ten P.M.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris