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
Meanwhile, executives realize that if they don’t persuade their employees to come back now, with pandemic restrictions eased in most areas, the new norms of flexible work will be hard to unstick.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2022
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
Since industrialization — and World War II was the apotheosis of an industrial-age war — it would seem that technology has conspired to accelerate our lives and so unstick us in time.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022
The touch of the iron hilt seemed to unstick her feet from the floor at last, and she moved through what felt like thick mud toward the monstrous child.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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