disassociate

"I disassociate the idea of getting a medal because that's when I operate best," the Cambridge-born athlete said.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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

Those dreams had been deferred during a decade of NCAA-imposed exile, when USC was forced to disassociate entirely from Bush.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

Finally Scrimgeour said, with no pretense at warmth, “I see. You prefer — like your hero, Dumbledore — to disassociate yourself from the Ministry?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

"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

She had all the dewy, large-eyed softness of look that one reluctantly disassociates from innocence, and a degree of cold, grubby calculation which she mistook, flaunted about in fact, for chastity.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

She said: "He was much calmer. He was zoned out. I would say he disassociated."

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

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

It’s a psychological crisis, as Tyler Joseph sings about feeling dazed and disassociated, unable to speak but desperate for connection: “Pardon my delay — I’m navigating my head” is his closest explanation.

From New York Times ● May 31, 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

Delevingne has previously spoken about struggling with depression and how she became "very good at disassociating from emotion completely".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

What quickly becomes apparent is that they are lying to themselves and each other — coping, disassociating, self-soothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

Then a disassociating Navarro tells Danvers she can see Holden.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024

She was regularly disassociating, she said, looking down at her hands and wondering whose they were.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

"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)