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Lives lost in Kansas city — manage to move (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dislodge

'manage to move' is the definition.

'lives lost in kansas city' is the wordplay.
'lives' becomes 'is' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'lost' becomes 'l' (abbreviation in sporting league tables).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'kansas city' becomes 'dodge' (I've seen this before).
'is'+'l'='isl'
'isl' inserted within 'dodge' is 'DISLODGE'.

(Other definitions for dislodge that I've seen before include "put out" , "Prise out of position" , "Force from a fixed or position" , "Remove from established position" , "Gods lied (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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