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uncage

[uhn-keyj] / ʌnˈkeɪdʒ /




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As I sweltered under a fierce sun, I hoped to let the truth uncage itself.

From Seattle Times Oct. 9, 2022

Three more outs, and the Royals could uncage their three-headed relief monster.

From Washington Post

If a man was a theorist, he could here find a voice for his opinions; and if he were a genius, he could here uncage his gifts and find recognition.

From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Hezekiah Butterworth

Then the question arose as to who would uncage our love-birds and bear the first brunt of Silver Tongue's explosion.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne

We will now uncage him by digging down into his den.

From Gaut Gurley by D. P. Thompson

Critics called on the zoo to provide them with better food, more uncaged time and ultimately a transfer to a panda refuge.

From Reuters Dec. 21, 2022

Musk earlier had tweeted that the bird had been uncaged.

From Washington Post Oct. 28, 2022

Such a reduction in fertility could tip populations into a long-term decline in the real world, where uncaged bees are not protected from predators or provided with easy access to unlimited food, Stuligross says.

From Science Magazine Nov. 22, 2021

Kramer added: "It looked like it didn't bother him one second, and that hurt, you know? He's just untamed and uncaged and he's happy."

From Fox News Sep. 23, 2021

To be free inside, like an uncaged bird.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

She dreaded uncaging her secret, because of the change it must work, whether immediate action were taken or not.

From There & Back by George MacDonald

Mrs. Argenter had died of that disease which lets the spirit free like the uncaging of a bird.

From The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

Is n't there a story somewhere of a man uncaging, as he thought, a spaniel, and finding it to be a lion?

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Mary Elizabeth Dewey




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