unfasten
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For 12 days, we shared every moment and, surrounded by the kind of beauty only a remote bay in the Pacific could afford, I felt something unfasten in my chest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
To serve the cheesecake, run a knife around the outer edge to loosen it from the pan, then carefully unfasten the sides of the pan and transfer the cheesecake to a cake plate or stand.
From Fox News ● Dec. 16, 2021
Operators are supposed to unfasten all of the seat belts after each ride so the next load of people can be buckled in.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
Turn off the heat, allow the pressurized steam to escape, then unfasten the lid and check for doneness; you want your beans to be very tender and quite creamy.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2018
Mamá lets go of me and reaches up to unfasten her gold necklace with the small Star of David on it.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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The bearded guy in front of us unfastens his earflaps and says, chuckling, “Haven’t you guys ever stood in line for beer before?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
One Atlanta man unfastens his seat belt, and turns off his hearing aid, as soon as he starts his new Impala.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Home for the busy man about Brazil these days is where he unfastens his seat belt.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Ma comes around to the trunk of the pine tree, unfastens the wire that holds the fencing closed, and lets herself in.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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I give it a press and the clasp unfastens.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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The maintainers next unfastened the warhead from the missile and placed it in a specialized truck.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Very quietly, so as not to wake Abby, she unfastened the zip of the tent.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
Sempill and Dollfus, whose belts were unfastened, were flung out.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022
At the end of the transect, Riis stopped at another parlous roadside spot, unfastened the net and removed the small bag at its tip.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2018
"My brother has not changed," their young king told them as Brienne unfastened his cloak and lifted die gold-and-jade crown from his brow.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Kondo brought garments to life, like kites in the sky with voluminous silhouettes created by fastening and unfastening buttons.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Fastidiously spend a couple of minutes unfastening all the straps before you can sit down?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019
“Help me! I am here,” Mr. Capello replied, unfastening his seatbelt, and climbing over the seats, through the smashed rear window.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
But it’s generally true that the unfastening is its own reward.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2012
He sat on the toilet without taking down his pants although he made noises like undoing his belt and unfastening his zipper.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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