Example Sentences
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Yet his creation continues to burrow into public consciousness, perhaps too deep to be dislodged by anything less than a scalpel—or a spoon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The utility company told US media that, after reviewing video footage, they believe the cover of the manhole was dislodged by a truck.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
For now, however, no credible alternatives—including China’s currency—exist, Shearing writes, meaning the dollar is unlikely to be dislodged in the near term.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
Along with team member Laura Clifton Byrne, an undergraduate at San Francisco State University, he also shadowed foraging chimpanzees, retrieving freshly dislodged fruits from beneath the canopy and measuring their alcohol content.
From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025
Don’t cry, she told herself, and yanked hard on the fishing line, stumbling as she dislodged whatever was stuck.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
