unstrap
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On First Light, however, Ms. Brauer has to unstrap, shove across and resecure heavy packages before she can risk the same exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
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
As he struggled to unstrap himself, the car door flew open and a white blast of sunlight hit him in the face.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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
She pulled to the side of the freeway and unstrapped him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
He accompanies his master into the room, his vest is unstrapped and he goes free-range, his good vibes available to everyone.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2016
I strapped and unstrapped Lily in and out of car seats.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2014
He fieldstripped the carbine—it was full of sand—and cleaned it as carefully as he could under the conditions, sitting against the base of the seawall with his steel helmet unstrapped.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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
It’s for my heart, they would say, unstrapping sopped Rolexes from their hairy wrists.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
I had been in the process of unstrapping the protective plate.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
