distancing

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Le Pen has long sought to make the party she inherited from her father Jean-Marie more palatable, including by distancing it from the antisemitic legacy of a man convicted for Holocaust denial.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” somehow distancing itself from this history, has become one of the hottest tickets of the Broadway season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Iran's footballers will be welcome at this year's World Cup, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, distancing the US government from a proposal that Italy could take their place in the tournament.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

For now, Tehran is distancing itself from talks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It was eerie and distancing, like we’d fished an old movie of the nursery out of a vault and played it back without volume.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer