disassociate

I had to disassociate to get through it, because if I really allowed myself to fully take it in, I probably wouldn’t have been able to get through the song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 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

He thinks the problem is worse in cities, where "you disassociate yourself" and might not worry as much about disturbing fellow passengers.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

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

Such a temper as this naturally disassociates them from reality and makes them contemptuous of contradictory experiences.

From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins

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

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

Museums such as the Louvre, the Tate museums, and the National Portrait Gallery in London have also disassociated themselves from the Sackler family.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2024

We cannot afford to be disassociated from the political process this fall.

From Salon ● May 2, 2024

“We disassociated politics from those everyday issues, because a lot of politics has become about rhetoric and ideology instead of the core issues,” Plummer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2024

And then, as if Mr. Muhammad’s voice came from afar, I heard his words: “I’ll have to silence you for the next ninety days—so that the Muslims everywhere can be disassociated from the blunder.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

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

While the resolution was adopted by the UN General Assembly, Iran - a member of the organisation - said it was disassociating itself from the text.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2022

I therefore send you a short letter, pointing out the evil, and disassociating it as far as possible from the indiscretions of Lea.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward