detached

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And for one of the many Netflix touches — “Thing,” the lovable detached hand from the streamer’s Addams family spinoff “Wednesday,” will be throwing the first pitch.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Nidwalden canton police said the woman was alone in the Titlis Xpress ski gondola when it detached from the cable.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The agency’s mindset remains: evidentiary maximalism detached from clinical reality, indifference to patient urgency, and hostility to the flexibility Congress intended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Other stocks on the screen are not negatively correlated to AI chips, but have extremely low positive correlations, making them largely detached from the data center trade.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

“Not everyone,” the girl observed in the same detached drawl, “seems to appreciate the accommodations at the bunkers.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom