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dislodge

[dis-loj] / dɪsˈlɒdʒ /


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Getting the rotting food off racks towering six stories high required hundreds of workers in protective suits to dislodge the moldering food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The U.S. government is swinging behind a fledgling startup’s moonshot bid to dislodge Boeing BA 4.76%increase; up pointing triangle as America’s only major maker of commercial airliners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

However, unlike in 2023 and earlier this year, it’s been tougher to quickly dislodge 5% 30-year Treasury yields once they hit, as the below chart shows.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

In 1959, he fought the seat of Sutton Coldfield, failing to dislodge the sitting Conservative MP as Harold Macmillan won a landslide nationally.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Josiah Worthington, Bart., shook his head, as if to dislodge a strand of cobweb.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

“Hold on, there’s a seed stuck in here …” She dislodges the seed and goes on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

The constant freezing and thawing of water in icy temperatures weakens the structure of the road and material eventually dislodges with the movement of vehicles, causing holes.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

“PTSD . . . dislodges you from the weird tyranny of linear time.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2020

If Brexit dislodges Eastern European workers, though, he frets that his labor costs could soar by as much as 30 percent.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2019

We all feel the moment when the ferry dislodges from the pier.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

One possibility, a huge possibility, is that the catheter became dislodged from her vein and then was spilling the drugs into the surrounding tissue.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Most of those dislodged from the town centers probably relocated elsewhere in the desert, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Whenever there is a reshuffle at the top of government, it is worth keeping an eye and an ear on the dislodged, demoted and rejected former ministers.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

The Ryanair flight had climbed to 16,000 feet before turning back to land, after an engine issue led to a dislodged window and a passenger getting partially pulled through the opening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

But then he heard a rustle and saw a little eddy of dislodged snow in the bush to which Hermione had pointed.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

On an untreated surface, dislodging a sulfur atom requires about 30 electron volts.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

South of Khartoum, the RSF has pushed through the Kordofan region, after dislodging the army from its last stronghold in Darfur last year.

From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026

You’ll recall Texas A&M dislodging itself from Jimbo Fisher in 2023 for a comical $75 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

Rough seas and strong winds are usually responsible for dislodging starfish from their seabed habit.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025

The iron bars were a relic of the old régime, and no one had ever thought of dislodging them.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin


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