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liberate

[lib-uh-reyt] / ˈlɪb əˌreɪt /


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They can’t pretend that speeding through the breeze could liberate them from day-to-day life, and the singer asks, retrospectively, “Do you look forward to the past / Or forward to today?”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

In 2020, DirecTV and AT&T struck a deal with Charter, not so much to liberate Dodgers fans as to help the parties maintain a shrinking base of subscribers amid a proliferation of video options.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Vandalizing the cameras is a sharp rebuttal to Silicon Valley talk about how technology will liberate us from the limitations of the physical world.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

A cleaning tip to liberate your home from sticker tyranny: If you have a kiddo in your life, you know that stickers can magically appear on just about every surface within their arm’s reach.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

I believed that it was an undiluted African nationalism, not Marxism or multiracialism, that would liberate us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"And then such an extreme event takes place, and in a way, liberates everything -- all the emotions, all the ideas and the passions, all the terrible things."

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

The shift liberates her holiday shopping, says Nussen, lead lighting designer at Consumer’s Lighting, a company she runs with her husband.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 31, 2025

“She sang because she wanted to feel alive, and she wanted to feel free, and she wanted to feel connected to her faith — and that already just liberates the performer.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

“Sometimes I feel like a little girl — I play, I have fun and I laugh. Onstage, I say everything through rap. It liberates me: When I get a microphone, I’m a different person.”

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2023

The little plants grow in the drip of the snow-banks, where the melting ice gradually liberates the tufts of evergreen leaves.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

Some women say showing skin makes them feel liberated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Here, Madonna is liberated from Universal’s script notes or editing maneuvers, free from tweaking anyone’s performance to feel more like the real thing.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

With the deal done and his party back in Stormont, the final victory lap saw Donaldson in Washington DC for St Patrick's Day, a leader liberated after two turbulent years.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Now 77, Sandoval feels he was liberated by the power of jazz.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Zeus liberated all living things from an egg.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"I'd love to see artificial intelligence winning wars, liberating territories."

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

It was nerve-racking for her to get on stage, in front of friends and family members and talk about her struggles with mental health but it was also liberating.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Each in his way was in the process of liberating himself from the past.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

"The identity of Fatah is a revolutionary identity. It was about changing the status quo for the sake of liberating Palestine and turning the Palestinian cause from a humanitarian issue into a political issue."

From BBC May 15, 2026

His knees scraped against the concrete, and the brief flare of pain felt liberating.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro




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