disengage
Example Sentences
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The officer can then disengage from the pursuit while still tracking the suspect.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Motin, the defence argued, had tried to alter the path of the Solong so that it would avoid the Stena Immaculate, but the automatic controls were faulty and wouldn't disengage.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
"That's why some young people disengage even if they technically still have access…without peers present, both the social feedback and the mood payoff drop sharply."
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
“The U.S. was trying to disengage from Europe at the end of the war,” said Benn Steil, director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
“Sure,” I said, and tried to disengage my arm.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing disengage
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