as in to remove
to forcefully take (something or someone) away from a place or position
The earthquake dislodged several boulders from the cliff. He kicked at the stone to dislodge it.
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Recent Examples of dislodge
The divers also found a piece of the three-feet-by-three-feet, green, day-glow placard that had been bolted to the navigational channel marker before being smashed and dislodged by Pino’s boat, Pomares testified.
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David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
If water continues to drain slowly, using a sink plunger may help dislodge a clog located near the drain opening.
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Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
Baking soda does not chemically degrade fludioxonil and can only dislodge what is on the surface of the strawberry, Gao said.
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Sandee Lamotte,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
Wipe down the unit and dislodge dust from vents with a compressed air can.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
If water continues to drain slowly, using a sink plunger may help dislodge a clog located near the drain opening.
—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
Baking soda does not chemically degrade fludioxonil and can only dislodge what is on the surface of the strawberry, Gao said.
—
Sandee Lamotte,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
Wipe down the unit and dislodge dust from vents with a compressed air can.
—
Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Propellers can be particularly burdensome because rotors often need to be removed, cleaned and reinstalled, requiring some real elbow grease.
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The pool is being cleaned twice annually, with 10 to 15 large truckloads of debris removed at each cleaning, the National Park Service reports.
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Ballot measure proponents had a Thursday evening deadline to withdraw their proposals.
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Patients might be women in their 30s with an autoimmune disease like lupus or people of any age exposed to such toxins as methamphetamines or, in the past, the fen-phen appetite suppressant drug of the 1990s, later withdrawn after being linked to heart disease.
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This seasonal turn pulls you toward a time of reflection.
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To pull it off, the show’s creative team had to build a rock star from the ground up, crafting a visual identity, creating music that could stand on its own outside the series, and transforming Reid into a performer capable of owning a crowd rather than simply acting in front of one.
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