disassociate
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When people change theirs, it can be a sign that they want to disconnect and disassociate from it, he adds.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
In trying to disassociate herself from the scandal, Melania’s lack of acknowledgment of her husband’s ties to Epstein stands out as a confusing, but increasingly familiar, bit of cognitive dissonance.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
The victim told the BBC: "It makes me feel sick - I've tried to disassociate myself from it but whoever has done that has won, they have that of me now."
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
Realistically, my husband and I would probably end the day by binge-watching bad reality TV to decompress and disassociate for a little bit — something like “Love Island.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
The boys from the neighboring room flinched and took a quick step backward, trying to disassociate themselves.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
"The production disassociates you with much of the feeling and heft of live performance."
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Notably, reformist President Mohammad Khatami’s foreign minister in 1998 said that the “government disassociates itself from any reward which has been offered in this regard and does not support it.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022
If there’s a central theme to the collection, it’s that illness disassociates us from ourselves, even if we survive it.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021
He added, “On a general level, Cryos disassociates itself from any form of serial sperm donation due to the importance of not exceeding national pregnancy quotas” in each country to which they send sperm.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2021
Such a temper as this naturally disassociates them from reality and makes them contemptuous of contradictory experiences.
From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Atkins, Gaius Glenn
"It has truly disassociated us from the impact of our words."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
Critics have accused the family of using its philanthropy to whitewash its business practices, and museums such as the Louvre in Paris and the National Portrait Gallery in London have disassociated themselves from the family.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 22, 2024
“But sometimes I feel disassociated from the extreme left.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
We cannot afford to be disassociated from the political process this fall.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
He felt curiously disassociated from all that he had heard.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
She’s completely reverting back to being a little girl and doesn’t know how to deal with getting in trouble, and she’s not taking in what’s what’s going on; she’s completely disassociating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
“I would say that just because you're disassociating from politics doesn't mean it is disassociating from you. And at the end of the day, politics do matter.”
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2024
They can wield their power by disassociating with objectionable partners.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022
“For us everyday Chinese Americans, we’re going to have to deal with the same issues of, you know, claiming versus disassociating, and parsing through what to identify with and what not to,” he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
"This girl she come to the drawbridge and hollered—that's all I know!" said the sentry, disassociating himself from any trouble as completely as possible.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
