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There is also a higher risk of retinal detachment, in which the retina detaches from the back of the eye.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025 -
There, Arthur awakens after the facehugger detaches itself from him.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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But a leader who disengages with clarity shows both authority and care.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Just before the slope, I-See engages Eco-Roll, which disengages the driveline and lets the truck roll for the optimum period before re-engaging the driveline.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the Netflix movie, Serayah plays Ruth Moably, a musician who flees Atlanta to care for her late boyfriend's mother, Naomi (Phylicia Rashad), in rural Tennessee.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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As night falls amid the vast trees and lush greenery, a teenage boy breaks a window, climbs out of it and flees toward the forest on foot.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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That screen is super crisp, the A16 processor just flies, and having Center Stage in your video calls makes sure you are always seen.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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When one drone flies directly above another, the downward airflow from its propellers creates strong turbulence.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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And the thymus gland, the producer of white blood cells, shrinks and weakens over time.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
30 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City’s win shrinks the second tier Major shakeups happened among second-tier contenders this week.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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As the deputies’ vehicles pull up, Mull pulls out the handgun with his right hand.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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What was supposed to be a close-up shot that pulls out wide ended up focusing more directly on the star's face.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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Bingo momentarily flinches, and Atlas rolls onto his back in response.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Months later, Anderson, 50, still avoids crowds, doesn’t go out after dark and flinches when the doorbell rings.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Aug. 2025
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Even if Showgirl falls back tonight and comes out in the high $20Ms (no one is expecting that number), so what?—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
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Visiting cargo spacecraft — historically Russia's Progress spacecraft — typically push the ISS higher from the Earth's orbit periodically, when the facility naturally falls back to the planet.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Pulls away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulls%20away. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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