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unstrap

[uhn-strap] / ʌnˈstræp /




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Competitors are not allowed to unstrap their helmets before their bike is racked.

From Seattle Times Jul. 29, 2022

Batters reach base, unstrap the protective armor guarding their shins and elbows, and hand them to — who else?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2021

"We're in zero-g for around four minutes, and we get to get out of our seats, unstrap, float around, look at the thin limb of the Earth's atmosphere," Bezos told CBS News.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2021

The flight reached its apogee at 282,000 feet — 53.41 miles — where the passengers were able to unstrap and experience weightlessness.

From Washington Post Jul. 11, 2021

He waited, watching the thin man unstrap the fighters' headguards and shake a black pencil of a finger in their faces.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

After my ride, I unstrapped the unit thinking it was off, but an active arm snapped back with full force.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

“When Tiger was 10 months old, I unstrapped him out of his high chair and he walked over and hit the ball,” Earl recalled on an HBO documentary about his son.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

With the help of his father, also named Alfredo, he unstrapped the tractor from a trailer behind his pickup.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2022

McMorris unstrapped his board and chucked it through the air.

From Washington Post Feb. 7, 2022

Nollie, Betsie, and I unstrapped our beautiful wristwatches.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

As the ambulance was taking Mr. Jaccarino to Beth Israel Medical Center, the police said, he began unstrapping a belt that secured him to a stretcher inside the vehicle.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2012

Avoid wasting precious time, or even worse, unstrapping your back binding to skate through the flats, by hot waxing your board the night before riding.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Genelle is unstrapping them, she's holding Rosa's hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Father was busy unstrapping the carrying basket from the back of his bicycle.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

I had been in the process of unstrapping the protective plate.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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