lose touch
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Psychosis is a mental health condition where someone can lose touch with reality, involving symptoms like hallucinations and delusions.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
After Odd’s ignominious exit from the dinner table, he and Buddy reach a fragile peace back at school, then lose touch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
But when they are bulldozed, their inhabitants lose touch with friends, documents, caseworkers, and public services.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2025
“I don’t ever lose touch with the game of basketball,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024
His leaving wasn’t anything traumatic, because it never registered that we might lose touch and never see each other again.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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