wean
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Better to begin before then so Israel can wean itself off on its own terms.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Still, Chelsea are attempting to wean themselves off chaos and into the stability seen at Arsenal or previously at Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
The next minute, another says: "I'm firmly of the view we must not doomscroll our way through leaders - we have to wean ourselves off it."
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The news comes as the US military looks to wean itself off Anthropic's AI due to the company's objection to its technology being used for mass domestic surveillance or autonomous killing machines.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Birge’s goal was to wean Lawrence from Yale’s aura of prestige, which could seem overwhelming compared with that of a distant public university.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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