unhinge
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It inherently asks us to consume these people and needs us to in order to make money, but sometimes consumers want to unhinge their jaws and eat these stars whole, a frightening and unsettling behavior.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
The troubles at Credit Suisse threatened to unhinge Switzerland’s position as a leading financial market, and the takeover left the country with only one internationally important bank: UBS.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Snakes can’t really unhinge their jaws, but for some, that doesn’t get in the way of swallowing absurdly large prey.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
He walked up to me, opened his mouth so wide it seemed to unhinge like a snake’s, blasted out a truly heroic sneeze and covered me with a fine mist.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2020
She had plenty of other worries to unhinge her.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
They have shown they can link up on the pitch and all play well, but there always seems to be something around the corner that unhinges them.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024
“Kwon is the one that unhinges us a little bit,” defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
While all viruses find ways to evade the body's defenses, a growing field of research suggests that the coronavirus unhinges the immune system more profoundly than previously realized.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2021
It’s just before London, like a snake, unhinges its huge mechanical jaws and gulps down a small Bavarian mining town — people, bricks and all: “Prepare to ingest.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2018
Zero is so powerful because it unhinges the laws of physics.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
On particularly volatile days, strategists and bond managers have expressed concerns about the risk of long-dated Treasury yields becoming unhinged.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
She makes deeply unhinged topics feel completely universal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mr. James captures the actors’ sense of embattled defiance amid a Jamaica he portrays as increasingly unhinged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
There’s a glorious power scream at the end that parallels similar unrestrained, slightly unhinged sounds from the guitars.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Egg go,” he mumbled, unhinged jaw flapping uselessly.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
While inconsistency has always been an irritating feature of his game, at his best Traore is capable of unhinging defences with his pace alone.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2022
Gardner-Johnson smiled and responded playfully to recent questions about his penchant for unhinging receivers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
I was just so freaked out that I wouldn’t be able to breathe, and when I put it in my mouth, I felt like a snake unhinging my jaw just to put it in.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2021
The amount of fear he’s feeling now has got to be unhinging him.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2020
At the end of these recurrent dreams, they watched the grim-lipped officer and the chaplain move toward the unhinging annunciation at the front door.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
