But within weeks he carefully distanced himself from the policy.

She has been aggressively apolitical, carefully distancing herself from the JADL and all joker rights agitation.

Subcommander Marcos carefully distanced his rebels from the Guerrero group, denying there were any ties.

But when she came home to a widespread anti-Americanism, she carefully distanced herself from Washington.

Weighing about 400 pounds, Esteban showed an amazing awareness of our presence, carefully distancing himself from us before engaging his powerful tail.

Through anecdotal comments, Johnson carefully distanced himself from the original work.

Torrijos carefully distanced himself from the Panamanian Marxist left.

They carefully distanced themselves from the dirty work, but didn't hesitate to employ his services.

The new album, and a tour that refuses to linger more than one night in any city, carefully distance the band from all charges of grandiosity.

Tony Blair's government, which had given London and other British cities permission to levy such traffic charges in the first place, carefully distanced itself from the plan.