loosen
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Once everything is properly roasted, I add just enough broth to loosen the browned, sticky bits from the bottom of the pot.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
At least three other attempts to loosen smog check requirements for older cars have failed to make it to the governor’s desk since 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He believed, like so many others, that markets might loosen the party’s grip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
That unexpected difference may help loosen established emotional patterns and make it easier for the mind to replace old, painful responses with new ones.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
Jay, taut and grim-faced, anticipates when to loosen or tighten the rope.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
When the structure loosens and opens, the genes become easier for the cell to activate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
“A flurry of tankers have taken the chance to exit the gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran loosens its grip on the key waterway under conditions stipulated under the agreement,” the analysts add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The move loosens rules meant to restrict hydroflourocarbons, a class of climate-damaging chemicals used in cooling equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Some bigger changes will take place next week as high pressure loosens its grip.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
The tangle loosens under her thumb and she pulls the strands apart.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
As Pruett aged, her grip on reality loosened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The impact churned up and loosened the material around the crater, leaving it less dense and less able to hold onto heat after sunset.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Supermarkets' strict cosmetic rules mean "one tiny little hole can render the plant useless", he said, but some have temporarily loosened the rules.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Morocco said it had strengthened, not loosened, its security measures in response to the sudden movement of people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The specific loosening that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants is to count borrowing capacity at the Fed’s discount window toward meeting bank liquidity coverage rules.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
In the United States, however, a panel recommended loosening restrictions on a range of peptides last month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Pictures of him loosening off under a Kingston Bridge flyover in a hotel car park.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
By sauce No. 4 — Chickpotle, a creamy chickpea sauce with smoky chipotle and ghost pepper with a 4/10 heat level — Holland and Bernthal were loosening up and trading barbs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
She clenched her hands into fists and turned into the wind, letting it stream over her head, loosening her hair.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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