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
"The person who tied the bell must untie it," he added.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
Does he think, then, that I might try to untie him—to steal him?
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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
He unties the sweater, then looks up at Justyce.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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
Under the glare of fluorescent lights in her lab she slowly untied it, piece by piece, to expose the fabric for the first time in more than three decades.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 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
Once we were inside, Bertha locked the screen door and I untied the rope.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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
Kris Siyuja, 14, took seriously his duties over the two days of events, which included untying bundles of sage, carrying a staff and tapping a drum that he said would amplify Havasupai voices.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 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
Ghosh asked Ashoke, untying his shoes and settling himself cross-legged on the berth.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
