disassociate
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In Arkansas, one chapter completely changed its name to disassociate itself from the Kirk-founded organisation, unhappy with the direction in which students felt it was heading.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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
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
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
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
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
A diplomat says some of the "disassociates" are certainly working for Iran.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2019
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 Mary Hunter Austin
"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
Because if I were in your situation, I probably would have disassociated.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 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
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
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
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
