unstrap
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Passengers can unstrap from their seats, float around the cabin for a few minutes and take in the sweeping views of Earth, before the space plane glides back home and lands on a runway.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Batters reach base, unstrap the protective armor guarding their shins and elbows, and hand them to — who else?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
"We're in zero-g for around four minutes, and we get to get out of our seats, unstrap, float around, look at the thin limb of the Earth's atmosphere," Bezos told CBS News.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2021
The flight reached its apogee at 282,000 feet — 53.41 miles — where the passengers were able to unstrap and experience weightlessness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2021
The guard had paused to unstrap a long military cape fastened to the shoulder of her uniform.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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After my ride, I unstrapped the unit thinking it was off, but an active arm snapped back with full force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“When Tiger was 10 months old, I unstrapped him out of his high chair and he walked over and hit the ball,” Earl recalled on an HBO documentary about his son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Baumgartner unstrapped his board, walked away and tried to compose himself.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
First, they unstrapped each 300-pound aluminum cage from the wall.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2014
Archer unstrapped his holster and was undoing the buckle on his sword sheath when the Arbitrator stopped him.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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As the ambulance was taking Mr. Jaccarino to Beth Israel Medical Center, the police said, he began unstrapping a belt that secured him to a stretcher inside the vehicle.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2012
Avoid wasting precious time, or even worse, unstrapping your back binding to skate through the flats, by hot waxing your board the night before riding.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As Genelle is unstrapping them, she's holding Rosa's hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I had been in the process of unstrapping the protective plate.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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It’s for my heart, they would say, unstrapping sopped Rolexes from their hairy wrists.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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