unstick
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The agreement could help unstick energy flows through Hormuz and ease pressure on the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
"We - our team and the United States administration - came to Beijing in order to unstick what has been stuck since almost last August," Kerry told reporters late on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Jul. 19, 2023
Meanwhile, executives realize that if they don’t persuade their employees to come back now, with pandemic restrictions eased in most areas, the new norms of flexible work will be hard to unstick.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
Khiel says it can even help unstick painted windows.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022
Their touch, combined with a touch from me and/or Sheed, can unstick a person, permanently freeing them from their frozen state.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
He unsticks the phone from his ear and stretches it out to me.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Its plan to increase its manufacturing capacity could come unstuck if the market grows less than expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Her vocal stacks and counter-melodies are full of intricate detail; and her phrasing is exquisite, even on the jazz numbers where lesser pop singers would come unstuck.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Yet in the play-offs, all have come unstuck against sides who finished lower in the table but play a more intense brand of football.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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
I can’t get my throat unstuck; it’s like there’s a ring of ice around my neck.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
By curling and uncurling their toes, geckos can alternate between sticking and unsticking from a surface, and thus easily move across it.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
As we look toward unsticking calcified systems, we may find hope from a practice rarely celebrated by technological innovators: regulation.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2015
But unsticking systems is not just a technological challenge.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2015
Thankfully, there are ways to manage this; unsticking that clog and getting everything flowing freely again.
From Forbes ● Sep. 6, 2014
The boys worked together unsticking their bikes from the corner of Grandma’s porch, and at first, the pedals and wheels wouldn’t turn.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
