unstrap
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On First Light, however, Ms. Brauer has to unstrap, shove across and resecure heavy packages before she can risk the same exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
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
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
As he struggled to unstrap himself, the car door flew open and a white blast of sunlight hit him in the face.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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
With the help of his father, also named Alfredo, he unstrapped the tractor from a trailer behind his pickup.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Baumgartner unstrapped his board, walked away and tried to compose himself.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
The bus stopped in front of a posada and many of the passengers got down, and a lot of the baggage was unstrapped from the roof from under the big tarpaulins and lifted down.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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
As Genelle is unstrapping them, she's holding Rosa's hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, quickly unstrapping himself, he rose from the chair and trotted toward the station wagon.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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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