unstuck

Example Sentences

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But many family-run businesses come unstuck because they focus on short-term moneymaking, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Over the last couple of years, the long-term political parallels between the U.S. and the United Kingdom seem to have come unstuck.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

However, three days after crashing out of Europe in improbable fashion, Marseille came unstuck again as Jonathan Ikone's header brought Paris FC back into the game and Ilan Kebbal levelled with an injury-time spot-kick.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Yet elsewhere, similar bitcoin projects to Lugano's have come unstuck.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

I know that’s supposed to make me happy and I should agree, but I can’t get what’s caught in my throat unstuck.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt