unscrew
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Take a moment and unscrew the lids of the cumin and chili powder jars, sniff, and see what moves you.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
It took the man just a few seconds to unscrew a steel plug, smaller than a coffee mug.
From BBC ● May 23, 2023
He sees things that make him want to unscrew his eyeballs, clean them and screw them back in.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
Be sure to turn off the circuit breakers before you unscrew the outlets and switches from the electrical boxes!
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
“If I’d tried to unscrew it the wrong way...,” she said.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
On a recent visit, a technician unscrews one of the jars, empties the formaldehyde and rinses the krill under running water, a dozen fitting in the palm of his hand.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
After 10 minutes of intermittent whirring, Wesley lays down the device and unscrews the top of a closed Petri dish connected to the machine with a rubber tube.
From The Verge ● Jul. 8, 2014
The top corks tightly to keep water fresh and cold, and the bottom unscrews for easier cleaning.
From Inc ● Oct. 29, 2012
“It unscrews and all the pieces nest, so they stack,” Elizabeth Thompson, the institute’s executive director, said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2011
He unscrews the back plate, waggles the tubes back and forth.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
I wouldn’t have expected to become so interested in screws being unscrewed, tabs unbent, machines reduced to component parts, cleaned and painted, with missing parts newly fabricated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Vance asked as he unscrewed the plastic cap from the bottle.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
Investigators discovered that a clamp nut threaded into the barrel of the actuator and that connects the top of the assembly to the stabilizer had unscrewed from the barrel.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
He took the plastic cup off the bottle and unscrewed the cap and poured the cup and blew on it.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
He grabbed the jars and unscrewed the tops.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
"There's been an army of people for the last 48 hours unscrewing anything they could," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
This is why you let an incandescent bulb cool off before unscrewing it.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
The Czech government announced on Thursday it was unscrewing half of lightbulbs at the government office and swapping remaining old bulbs for less-consuming LED sources.
From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2022
Some say they’ve resorted to unscrewing some of their light bulbs from light fixtures.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
I concentrated on unscrewing the lid of my lemonade.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
