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liberate

[lib-uh-rayt] / ˈlɪb əˌreɪt /


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It’s Morello half-speaking, half-singing against a gentle piano melody that emotionally underscores the song’s message of quiet defiance: “Maybe you can save me/Maybe you can’t/Maybe you can liberate me/Nah, I’ll take care of that.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

"So the family sat down... and decided we have to do our traditional rituals to liberate his soul."

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

In 2016, when the battle to liberate the city began, I set out to film a documentary, “The Battle of Mosul.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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

The more juice I can give the oxygenator, the more oxygen it'll liberate, and the longer I can go between those "air sols."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

"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

And even him taking that step sends such a positive message and liberates others to be able to do the same.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024

“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

It is the small amount of work required to turn the key which liberates an indeterminate quantity of potential energy.

From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc

But Milton liberated Satan by sending him to Hell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The operation would continue, he said, “until the country is liberated from the control of terrorist militias.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Krasner’s small, tight accretions of repetitive marks and shapes seem airless and uninflected; even the densest of Pollock’s early, layered pours pulse and breathe, his touch liberated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Perhaps being so far behind, and expected to capitulate, liberated Pakistan.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Through their conversations, I learn that Bat Deng, my uncles’ village in the Kompong Speu province was liberated by the Youns weeks before Pursat province.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

It was a very liberating album to make.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

But what felt humiliating in the moment became liberating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

"It's quite liberating telling people, whether it's students or friends because most of the time people are just like 'oh, OK, fine'," says Cole, who is also autistic.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

In other ways, it was kind of liberating.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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