unlatched

Example Sentences

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Tesla has issued a software update for more than 1.8 million vehicles in the US to fix a faulty notification system for unlatched bonnets, also known as hoods in the US.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

Taylor Harris rolled into her parking spot at the bottom of a hill and unlatched her son from his car seat.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

That discovery, and those shoes, have unlatched a deep, ongoing national conversation about the horrors of residential schools and the history of colonialism in Canada.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2021

And in 1915, a monkey dressed nattily in men’s clothes — for which I could find no explanation, which was very shoddy journalism indeed — found an unlatched cage door and went walkabout.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

Instead of running to the door, she went around to the back alley, which connected to the rear yard, her hands fumbling as they unlatched the back gate.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland