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unsnap

[uhn-snap] / ʌnˈsnæp /






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But I was convinced that panic had become my new normal, that something had snapped in me and would never unsnap.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 25, 2019

The driver was able to undo his seat belt, and Jonathan took off his helmet, but couldn’t unsnap the seat belt.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2016

Carefully unsnap the metal clasps to remove belts and the body suits, and beware of loose heads after switching noggins a few times.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2015

Then I unsnap my harness, untangle myself, stand up and run to the hedgerow where I saw the chute go down.

From Time Magazine Archive

I reach across her and unsnap her seat belt, then pull her out so we’re standing face to face in this flat, ugly parking lot next to a dark library, a Chick-fil-A right next door.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

Helmets are unsnapped, hands on knees, jerseys drenched in sweat.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2022

And so the half-dozen women unsnapped their cases in the viewing room.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022

In a migrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico, Piedad de Jesus Mejia, 31, and her husband, Isidro Sacasa, 37, unsnapped a hefty clear plastic folder they had carried from their home in Honduras.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2018

Vick unsnapped his chin strap in disappointment, a comeback and a season having come up short of expectation.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2011

He unsnapped the plastic cover from one end of the trunk and pulled it open.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Doncic hustled to the scorer’s table, unwrapping the heat pack from his lower back, unsnapping his warmup pants and zipping off his jacket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025

The air last week was loud with the snapping and unsnapping of luggage clasps, as royal and distinguished D.P.s busily packed and unpacked their traveling bags.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quickly unsnapping the chain from it he returned and pried out the wooden plug, slowly turning the keg until water began to flow through the hole and trickle down to the sand.

From The Orphan by Clarence E. Mulford

"Come on, Roy—and all other incorrigibles," laughed Polly, unsnapping her second rein and slipping it around Roy's silky neck.

From Peggy Stewart at School by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson

George Lunt jumped out, unsnapping the flap of his holster, while Ahmed Khadra was talking into the radio.

From Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper




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