untie
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"These cuts and reductions untie perpetrators' hands everywhere, leaving them to do whatever they please. With crises mounting, we cannot afford a human rights system in crisis," he added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
As a gesture of true camaraderie, they grin and untie their own blue pañuelos and tie these kerchiefs around our necks.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Acquaintances swore they saw him untie his shoelaces before meeting with a potential donor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
TSA has often been a crapshoot, risking pileups as travelers pulled laptops from carry-ons and novice vacationers struggled to untie their sneakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
Then I untie the black collared shirt from around my waist and put it on, buttoning it up all the way to my neck and clipping my suspenders over it.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
Under Mr. Cullman’s incisive direction the entire cast unties the emotional knots of the characters with impressive dexterity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
On her deathbed, she finally unties the ribbon.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2022
Binoche, dancing in front of an air vent, unties a long, thick braid and shakes her black hair loose.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019
And partnerships with other companies — like Google and Amazon — may prove to be fertile ground for future growth after PayPal unties itself from eBay.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2014
She unties the shawl from her shoulders and drapes it over his discarded jacket.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
But two years after the Supreme Court untied their hands, Grants Pass has not solved homelessness, and things have gone from bad to worse.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
She and Melissa take it out, and then they realize they have to put it back in so he doesn't know that they're untied.
From Salon ● May 1, 2025
Watkins said after practice Wednesday with the sneakers untied and strewn on the floor at her feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Some of those on board then untied the rope in order to continue their route northwards to Italy.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
Mick knelt on the floor and untied the string on the big hatbox.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Mother and daughter enacted a meditative, loose exchange, taking turns carefully tying and untying each other for nearly two hours with the jute rope that is traditionally used in their family’s region of Guadalajara.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Also a Harnick sweet spot: forcefully untying the knots later.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
But those surveyed by Pew also acknowledged that untying their countries and themselves from China was "not a pragmatic goal" from an economic standpoint.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2023
"We're untying our own hands with the update on unfair and deceptive practices," he said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2022
He leaned forward and began, of all things, untying his shoes.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
