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unshackle

[uhn-shak-uhl] / ʌnˈʃæk əl /








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That’s where he met a coach who wanted to unshackle Minshew and empower his playmaking abilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

That should unshackle an “asphyxiated” economy, says Alejo Czerwonko, chief investment officer for emerging markets Americas at UBS Global Wealth Management.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

On Monday, Sir Keir wrote to civil servants to promise reforms that would unshackle them from bureaucracy and stop their talent being "constrained".

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025

However, she still strongly emphasizes to Paul that she believes that only the Fremen can unshackle themselves – not an outside messiah or prophecy.

From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2024

And I felt in this a cosmic injustice, a profound cruelty, which infused an abiding, irrepressible desire to unshackle my body and achieve the velocity of escape.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"We believe that now is the time to create a system that is fair and that unshackles millions of graduates from mountains of student loan debt," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

In the next room, Connie Samaras’ serendipitous landscape photograph unshackles whatever might be meant by being grounded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

When the group does push into new territory — or more accurately, unshackles itself from familiar ground — it doesn’t leave much of an impact.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

“When you turn your attention to those who have blessed you, it unshackles the toxic emotions we sometimes get mired in.”

From Washington Post ● May 29, 2022

Your prayer unshackles him and we will do no more than banish him from Paris.

From If I Were King by Justin McCarthy

Factory workers, farmers, gold diggers, frontiersmen flocked to the US with the belief that they could create a new identity - an "American" - unshackled from the class systems of Europe.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

It also possibly creates a newly unshackled competitor in global oil markets, with analysts predicting that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz could lead to a glut of oil next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Following the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, the United States unshackled its railroads, allowing private operators to compete, set market-driven rates and dynamically reinvest in their own infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

“Scientific ingenuity, unshackled by overly burdensome regulations, provides solutions like carbon capture and storage technology that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

She handed it over to him and he unshackled his wrists as she rooted around in a box she’d brought over.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

Her new book, “You Got Anything Stronger?,” continues the project of unshackling.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021

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

Bâtard’s sides were heaving regularly, but Leclère felt that the breath came and went a shade too quickly; also he felt that there was a vigilance or alertness to every hair that belied unshackling sleep. 

From The Faith of Men by Jack London


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