unbuckle

Example Sentences

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Crews have carried out emergency lashing operations at the Port of Long Beach to secure damaged containers, using straps, chains and turnbuckles to prevent further shifting, Nieves said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

“While 3-inch turnbuckles had been bolted into the Old Man to try and prevent it from falling, the actual strength of the granite was degraded over centuries, and that’s probably why it collapsed.”

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2023

Several generations of young, impressionable minds grew up watching this wild-eyed bald man with the hairy back and green tongue chew on turnbuckles and grunt one syllable at a time.

From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2017

Often consisting of canvas and timber, and set on blades, the vessels imbue an elegance of geometry and light, the crisp cold slipping through the cables and turnbuckles that hold them together.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2013

A few lengths of braided cable snapped off at the turnbuckles.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy