Distancing

Over 10 years ago, Ole Miss decided to begin distancing itself from the Old South, getting rid of Confederate battle flags and, finally, "Colonel Reb," a seemingly genteel Southern planter who'd been the mascot since 1979. ❋ Cindy Boren (2010)

This rhetorical shift, although small, is the first step in distancing ourselves from the choices Israel has made. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is Ferguson's priority to ensure that distractions such as the Rooney episode are rare, and he has also been rigorous in distancing himself from those who rail against his employers. ❋ Kevin McCarra (2010)

So he did well in distancing himself from all of this .... good move ... and makes good common sense!!! ❋ Unknown (2008)

What I like about Sen. Obama is his commitment to the politics of change and his distancing from the politics of old. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Leading to decadence and arrogant distancing from the rest of humanity. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Clinton certainly made the right move in distancing herself from that nutter. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Many of these young voters voted for their candidate based on their effort to support a candidate who would demonstrate, their personal, and our country's, distancing from a racist history. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In this distancing from the White House, Ferguson is not alone. ❋ Dan (2007)

These are redefinitions to support an agenda of dehumanization and distancing from the truth of the situation. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This year, both are running for Senate seats, but their television ads have made no mention of Bush -- and have been conspicuous in distancing the candidates from their partisan affiliation. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Bartlett is distancing from the white flag remark while at the same time defending it since Democrats call Bush a stupid liar. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Photographers are often described as distancing themselves from their surroundings by "hiding behind a camera" or "viewing the world only through a viewfinder." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The absence of lips and eyebrows is a nice touch in distancing us from Englund’s Krueger, while keeping the trademark fedora and striped sweater reminds us the universe we’re playing in. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Abdullah’s remarks were just the latest instance of the Saudi’s public distancing from the Bush administration. ❋ Unknown (2007)

COSTELLO: That is called distancing yourself from a comment made by one of Clinton's aides. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In fact, I think it fulfils the real function of "quotes", which I would tentatively define as distancing the author from the content of the quotes for a specific purpose, flagging the content as if to say, "Here, I'm highlighting this because it doesn't quite belong in the context but I'm putting it in here for a purpose". ❋ Unknown (2005)

Mr. Williams has cryptically referred to a distancing of the Ms. Dunderdale administration from him, but little else. ❋ Sue Bailey (2011)

my husband and i are slowly distancing from each other. i kept the house and he has a separate apartment. the kids sleep over at his apartment every other weekend, and he takes them to school that Monday. we still go to parent-teacher meetings together, sometimes he picks them up from school if [i am busy] at work. he is paying the mortgage - i pay the [utilities]. we haven't started dating other people yet, but we have talked about how to handle it with the kids. we stopped [sleeping together]. the kids are adjusting OK - the dog seems the most confused. ❋ Kip Seeks (2010)

He's [going the distance], he's going for [speed]....[Cake] ❋ Naysayer13 (2004)

"I wish I could date that [blogger]." "Don't you guys live over [3,000 miles] away?" "Yeah..." "Distance is such a [cock-block]." ❋ An Angry Internet User (2011)

Guy; [distance] [sucks] =( girl; EWWWIE [DISTANCE]!!! ❋ Rawr Man! (2006)

"It's not that [I don't love you], [I just can't] handle [the distance]." ❋ /\/ (2006)

[I'm so tired] of [distance]. [Distance] always finds a way to make everything more [difficult]. ❋ Distantt (2013)

i think i need some [distance] in order to [figure] our who i am [without you]. ❋ Simonmax (2011)

Aaron: "Dude, I just got [distanced]. I thought that girl looked hot from far away, but I saw her up close and she was a straight [fugo]." [Aryeh]: "That sucks, man" ❋ FunkMFlex (2009)

[McNabb] threw one for the distance with 10 seconds to go and the [Eagles] won the Super Bowl. Joey told Katie that he would finally be able to go the distance this time, but once again he "[blew it]" before the game even started. ❋ Nick D (2004)

Distance [sucks] ❋ Distance Hater (2017)