unpinned
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"Once that ridge is unpinned, the glacier will continually retreat across a predominantly retrograde seafloor toward its next topographic high, the South Ridge."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
On their first date, he "unpinned my hair and told me I must never put my hair up again. And then he asked me to marry him."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
Insects, however, present a formidable challenge—each one typically needs to be unpinned to digitize the label underneath it.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 2, 2024
On a blistering August afternoon, Yusuke Kawai, 42, unpinned the metal netting and gathered the clams in his hands for inspection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
As they boxed up books and folders and unpinned words from the word wall, Sasha noticed the pair of clipboards parents used to sign out their kids at the end of the day.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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