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as in relocating
to change the place or position of
dislocated his shoulder in the accident
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as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the country's entire social structure was dislocated by the war
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Recent Examples of dislocating
In the moments after dislocating and fracturing his ankle in a gruesome injury Sunday, Fred Warner encouraged his 49ers teammates to press on in their game against the Buccaneers.
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Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
It was announced on Tuesday that star receiver Tyreek Hill would miss the remainder of the season after dislocating his knee and tearing multiple ligaments including his ACL.
—Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Just three plays into the Chiefs’ opening season 27-21 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers last Friday in Brazil, tight end Travis Kelce inadvertently collided with Worthy, dislocating the receiver’s shoulder.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
In his rookie year, Gonzalez was limited to just four games after dislocating his shoulder and sustaining a torn labrum.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Zingle completed the stage despite dislocating his shoulder, but Visma said their medical team had deemed him not fit enough to continue the tour.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
It was announced on Tuesday that star receiver Tyreek Hill would miss the remainder of the season after dislocating his knee and tearing multiple ligaments including his ACL.
—Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Just three plays into the Chiefs’ opening season 27-21 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers last Friday in Brazil, tight end Travis Kelce inadvertently collided with Worthy, dislocating the receiver’s shoulder.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
In his rookie year, Gonzalez was limited to just four games after dislocating his shoulder and sustaining a torn labrum.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Zingle completed the stage despite dislocating his shoulder, but Visma said their medical team had deemed him not fit enough to continue the tour.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislocating
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In June 2024, the district's administrative team recommended the board consider a seventh- through 12th-grade school configuration by relocating the two middle schools inside the existing Wauwatosa East and Wauwatosa West high school facilities.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Other stores in the shopping center, meanwhile, have already begun the process of relocating.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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This groundbreaking method could transform the way researchers study complex diseases, including cancer, without disrupting natural cellular processes.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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There has been a history of computer problems disrupting flights in the industry, though most of the time the disruptions are only temporary.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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The company and store owners sued, arguing players could use an optional preview feature, removing the element of chance.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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If the President believes that imposing, removing, or amending tariffs is an appropriate policy measure, Congress has given him tools to pursue those goals.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Card-reading contact lenses, X-ray poker tables, trays of poker chips that read cards, hacked shuffling machines that predict hands.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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The constantly shifting allegiances are meant to form a twisty yarn in the aggregate, though the effect is largely just confusing — especially when Helen gets a subplot investigating her own past that distracts from her role as the chilly, withholding boss.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 Oct. 2025
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Offenses started shifting toward using more 11 personnel (three receivers, one tight end, one running back) a little over a decade ago.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Conventional cleanup techniques often worsen the problem by disturbing soil structures and consuming large amounts of energy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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There is trash and pollutants from the tourists and gravel has been mined from the area to make trekking routes for people, disturbing the places where females may have laid their eggs, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mequon is creating a long-term plan for the area near City Hall, which could involve moving Rennicke Field.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Diocese of Nashville has an on-site columbarium at its Calvary Cemetery in Nashville, and a few more churches in the area are moving forward with.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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This was out of respect for me, and also to avoid confusing the children.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter is among those coaches expected to get real consideration in next year's head-coaching cycle, and his propensity for confusing young QBs is well known across the NFL.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Dislocating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocating. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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