unshackling
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For the writer-director, the movie represented a kind of unshackling from the obligations that had governed some of his past work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
It was a new kind of freedom, the unshackling of his mind.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2019
Alexa then tells users that one of the bots will take over, unshackling the voice aide’s normal constraints.
From Reuters ● Dec. 21, 2018
Turning off the buzzing breaking-news machine I carry in my pocket was like unshackling myself from a monster who had me on speed dial, always ready to break into my day with half-baked bulletins.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2018
We hove in upon our chain, and after stoppering and unshackling it again and again, and hoisting and hauling down sail, we at length tipped our anchor and stood out to sea.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
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