as in separates
to set or force apart
unlinked the railroad cars
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Sedlander said the agents backed Olivar up against the wood railing that separates the public area from where the parties sit.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Historically, the Red Sea has been invaluable, with around one-tenth of global seaborne oil shipments passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, an even narrower bottleneck of just 16 miles that separates the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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Druski's skit divides social media In the skit, Druski is seen portraying a white woman with blonde hair, which viewers compared to Erica Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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The river supplies drinking water and irrigation to tens of millions of people across the West, but the system that divides its water, based on agreements more than a century old, is under increasing strain after years of drought and declining reservoir levels.—
Amalia Roy,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker app disconnects from her cellphone.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Heybike has included several safety features like a magnetic kill switch that shuts off the power if the rider disconnects from the bike, a reverse assist that helps you back out of tight places, and throttle reset protection, which guards against unintentional launches.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Feb. 2026
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The pressurizing defense forced the Vandals into gnarly 29/20 percent shooting splits.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Pattullo, who splits time building New Forms LA and serving tables at Los Feliz’s Little Dom’s, first discovered the show while in college in the Midwest.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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But their words and behavior say otherwise, and the disconnect severs any connection the audience could make to their protagonists’ shared plight.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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Unnecessary digging damages the soil structure and severs plant roots.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Gathered around the couch, in a spacious living room soundtracked by hushed jazz piano, her little sister disassociates with headphones while her pops casually chats to her stepmother; observing from a wheelchair is her 94-year-old great-grandmother.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tolerance for Ambiguity Literature rarely resolves cleanly.—
Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026
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Norovirus typically resolves quickly and, in most healthy adults, lasts one to three days, according to the CDC.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Unlinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlinks. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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