unplug
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"You can unplug from the Bitcoin network any time but signing a GPU colocation lease for 10 or 20 years means steady revenue and a commitment to keep the infrastructure up for the tenants."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“The Wrong Girls” is the right comedy if you want to unplug your brain and laugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Giving people an option that’s just an easy button, at least for me, it’s easier than asking me to unplug my PS5 every time I’m done using it,” Demopoulos said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"We always deploy models and systems in environments where we can unplug them," he added.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
I don’t know why we didn’t just unplug the phone.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Before S.G.V. takes a shower, Vargas unplugs her IV tubes, flushes them with saline and tapes a plastic sheet over her chest to keep water from getting in and infecting the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
If someone unplugs the hub, that triggers an automated phone call alerting the owner.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2023
She unplugs microwaves and uses the hanger trick on curtains.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
But are there consequences if everyone unplugs from the system?
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2022
After the longest three minutes of my life, Supreme takes his earbuds from his ears, unplugs them from my phone, and hands my phone back to me.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
When the toys use messaging apps to control their owners in ways that go terrifyingly unnoticed, humankind itself seems to be blundering about with its brain unplugged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
She claimed she was off work and home alone—that she had unplugged her phone and gone to bed.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
We were unplugged by necessity, by force majeure, by decree of Xcel Energy Inc., and compelled to set aside our screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
And it seems that for most people, being unplugged and out in the world would be a dealbreaker.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2025
I sure didn’t want her stopping by wondering if she’d done the right thing after all, and was everything unplugged and the stove turned off.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
But beyond the material hardships, many describe a similar feeling: the impossibility of unplugging from their problems.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Recently, I’ve been reading “24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week” by Tiffany Shlain, which chronicles her family’s decade-long practice of unplugging for Shabbat.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
Other topics we delve into include the new dietary guidelines, AI fitness coaches and stylish spaces made for unplugging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
I work at a major social-media company and read your column about Gen Z unplugging while I was scrolling Instagram during my morning commute.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2025
I’m up, unplugging the charger, and stuffing it into one of my wondercoat’s many pockets.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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