unbuckle

We had to unbuckle the icebox from the bracket to access the clean-out port.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"I managed to unbuckle myself, used my leg to push through that opening, and crawled out," Vishwashkumar Ramesh told Indian state media DD News.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025

Faye said she took off her mask so her seatmate could hear her and said “on the count of three I’m going to unbuckle him. We’re going to pull him out.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024

After crossing in complete silence, he turned and told me to unbuckle the straps on my pack and follow exactly in his footsteps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

I managed to unbuckle my seatbelt and slip out of the cab.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

He unbuckles his seat belt and slides out of the car when he says, “A lot of my friends are dying.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2017

For instance, autopilot mode is designed to first issue a series of warnings, and ultimately slow the car to a stop if the driver unbuckles his seat belt or gets out of his seat.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2015

Poulin unbuckles this Germanic syntax and pares away words that obscure the image: Our heart survives between hammers, just as the tongue between the teeth is still able to praise.

From Time Magazine Archive

He unbuckles his seat belt and moves toward me.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

With relief tingling at his fingertips, Scoob grabs the thing and unbuckles his seat belt.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

In one of his starts, he unbuckled his belt during the inspection to make a mockery of the process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

I suspect your neighbors wouldn’t leave their children unbuckled if they knew it was illegal, or if their attention had been drawn to the benefits of buckling.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

Buckle Up: Studies show that unbuckled passengers in the back seat can put the driver at greater risk of injury in a crash.

From The Verge ● Feb. 16, 2022

She unbuckled her chinstrap and bowed her head as her teammates, never expecting to be this rattled this early in the tournament, gingerly tapped their sticks in support.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022

I had seen the Tasmanian Devil on TV whirling around like a top so I unbuckled my belt and pulled on the end really hard, as if I was trying to start a lawn mower.

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos

Footage shows passengers on Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight unbuckling their seatbelts and floating around, experiencing zero-gravity.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023

After unbuckling their seatbelts and crawling out of the car, Ms. Fields and Mr. Zelada faced their next challenge: calling for help in a remote canyon with no cellphone reception.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

These insects can generate exceptionally loud sounds by rapidly buckling and unbuckling drumlike structures on their bodies called tymbals.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 10, 2022

Romo’s incident followed Max Scherzer’s spectacle, finding himself unbuckling his belt in the middle of an inning before an umpire felt the Washington Nationals ace’s sweaty hair for any foreign substances.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

At her feet, her pack was unbuckling as if opened by invisible hands.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee