stand aloof from
Example Sentences
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Facing extinction, nonprofit companies can hardly afford to stand aloof from the power of money and the lure of media.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023
Tocqueville wrote of America in the 1830s as a place where “the more opulent citizens take great care not to stand aloof from the people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2016
Over the decades, New York’s chief executives have tended to stand aloof from their brother and sister mayors.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2011
Carriers such as Emirates and Qatar Air still stand aloof from alliances but have the resources of whole countries behind them.
From BusinessWeek • Jun. 16, 2011
Anywhere else people would probably stand aloof from her; here they approach her curiously, as they would some theatric star whom they might meet at a picnic in an inn ball-room.
From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip
