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The fluid helps loosen adhesions, which are areas where tissues stick together, allowing the nerve to move more freely.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

While playing on more than 200 recordings, he helped to both diligently shape and liberally loosen modern jazz’s contours, instigating or supporting quite a few moments of innovation across generations and musical movements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

He said he did this to loosen up his neck, cheekbone and jaw bone muscles in order to get his lip on to his nose.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Hey, Dad, why do you love me more than any of your other children?” she began, hoping to loosen him up with humor.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

It loosens them up a little and helps avoid cracks.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

Some bigger changes will take place next week as high pressure loosens its grip.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

She shifts, but her grip on me never loosens.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Rates of Medicaid and Medicare fraud exploded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many rules were loosened and oversight strained by efforts to expand care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

But in recent months authorities say they have loosened her detention and have published photographs of her taking private meetings, as supporters have demanded "proof of life".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The room loosened into little clusters of women catching up and talking about what came next.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Last year, Beijing loosened regulations to allow couples to register their marriages anywhere, not just in their hometown, igniting competition among local governments for a slice of the wedding tourism pie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

In the loft that night, Dallas and Florida added two sweet rolls and two apples to their stash beneath a loosened floorboard.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

“This loosening of guidelines, combined with scaled-up immigration enforcement, has resulted in the detention of thousands of parents, many of whose minor children are U.S. citizens,” a recent analysis by the Migration Policy Institute concluded.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The workaround is giving unexpected momentum to a long-running debate on loosening Northern Ireland’s liquor laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The global rise in bond yields is like a boa constrictor squeezing the Budget maths, slowly and relentlessly, occasionally loosening its grip, but never actually slithering away entirely.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

Once he listened outside the gate on a Sunday afternoon and heard a preacher telling about the Lord loosening the chains of Peter when he had been thrown into prison.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong