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as in relocating
to change the place or position of
dislocated his shoulder in the accident
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as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the country's entire social structure was dislocated by the war
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Recent Examples of dislocating
In the moments after dislocating and fracturing his ankle in a gruesome injury Sunday, Fred Warner encouraged his 49ers teammates to press on in their game against the Buccaneers.
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Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
It was announced on Tuesday that star receiver Tyreek Hill would miss the remainder of the season after dislocating his knee and tearing multiple ligaments including his ACL.
—Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Just three plays into the Chiefs’ opening season 27-21 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers last Friday in Brazil, tight end Travis Kelce inadvertently collided with Worthy, dislocating the receiver’s shoulder.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
In his rookie year, Gonzalez was limited to just four games after dislocating his shoulder and sustaining a torn labrum.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Zingle completed the stage despite dislocating his shoulder, but Visma said their medical team had deemed him not fit enough to continue the tour.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
It was announced on Tuesday that star receiver Tyreek Hill would miss the remainder of the season after dislocating his knee and tearing multiple ligaments including his ACL.
—Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Just three plays into the Chiefs’ opening season 27-21 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers last Friday in Brazil, tight end Travis Kelce inadvertently collided with Worthy, dislocating the receiver’s shoulder.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
In his rookie year, Gonzalez was limited to just four games after dislocating his shoulder and sustaining a torn labrum.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Zingle completed the stage despite dislocating his shoulder, but Visma said their medical team had deemed him not fit enough to continue the tour.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislocating
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Many global companies are now hiring or relocating leadership roles to their GCC offices in India.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Western and Southern Open was in talks with Charlotte for months about relocating its tournament from Cincinnati, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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In addition to disrupting the students’ routines, parents said the school closure forced them to scramble to make child care arrangements.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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And the light from screens can affect your circadian rhythm, disrupting your sleep.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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The robot vacuum has 8,000Pa suction and a multidirectional floating roller brush with rubber and bristles, which does an excellent job of removing dust and debris from carpets.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
3 Nov. 2025
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But whereas many abundance advocates typically talk about removing government impediments to growth, such as zoning restrictions, Rodrik focusses on government interventions.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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While young players like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and others are fighting for better pay for their industry-shifting work, college football programs are shelling out $40 million to $50 million payouts to get their underperforming coaches to stop showing up to the office.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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This season, many of China’s rising stars did exactly that — flying from Paris back to Shanghai overnight, shifting seamlessly from runway storytelling to retail strategy.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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A lot of disturbing things happened in The Exorcist — Regan MacNeil's 360 neck turn remains one of the most diabolical things to happen on film — and for its innovations, the 1973 movie scored 10 Oscar nominations.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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As Semafor previously reported, many inside the magazine were excited by Guiducci’s arrival, believing the old Vanity Fair was moving too slowly, had fallen too far outside the zeitgeist, and had lost some of its sheen.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Tulane University said moving research animals is routine but governed by strict confidentiality agreements to protect the animals’ safety and the parties’ proprietary information.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Perplexity’s image features photographs of people with some truly nightmarish distortions on its wall, while the placement of its sink is confusing and distracting.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
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This was out of respect for me, and also to avoid confusing the children.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Dislocating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocating. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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