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
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
Kardashian was quickly able to untie herself and her bodyguard arrived shortly after.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
I carefully tiptoe inside, fumbling with the knot on the string to untie the balloon.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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
QUANTICO, Va. — Curator Owen L. Conner carefully unties the ribbon around the weathered slats and removes the storage paper.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021
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
Malcolm sits at the edge of the bed and unties his shoes.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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
Pinch-hitter Harrison Bader then untied it with a poorly hit ball that got over the leaping Vesia before landing on the infield grass as Brooks Lee raced home from third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
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
In a scene captured by The Washington Post in 1981, she untied the strings of the small pouch and removed the Tony.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
He strode to the dock, leaped into the boat with Neel, untied it, and slowly, easily, began rowing across the river.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
Also a Harnick sweet spot: forcefully untying the knots later.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
"We're untying our own hands with the update on unfair and deceptive practices," he said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2022
"I awoke from dreams of untying a great knot," sings Zauner on the opening track, Paprika.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2021
How to sort the major and minor keys, “all at once on top of each other”? Grandpop, speaking as much for the playwriting as for himself, explains, “It’s about untying the knot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
Mama Bellini was untying a bundle of Herald Tribunes when she heard the chirping.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
