unstick

Example Sentences

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"We - our team and the United States administration - came to Beijing in order to unstick what has been stuck since almost last August," Kerry told reporters late on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2023

Within days of my injury, I could unstick my tongue from the roof of my mouth and create an odd sound every now and then, but I couldn’t communicate in any traditional sense.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2023

Meanwhile, executives realize that if they don’t persuade their employees to come back now, the new norms of flexible work will be hard to unstick.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022

Separately, nobody's trying to unstick cancellation from legitimately awful folks like Paula Deen and Megyn Kelly.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2021

I dithered outside the barbershop next to the portrait studio, trying to unstick my feet and go back.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu