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
"What on earth are you up to, Mosca? Is that your idea of keeping watch? Who said you could untie him?"
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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
Mama hastily unties and reties her scarf—and this time, she knots it twice and tight at the back of her head.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
After a short bus ride, the group boarded a naval vessel in the Bay of Bengal, which Mr Noor said they only realised later once their hands had been untied and their faces uncovered.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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
Renn untied the rowan-bark box that held the stone tooth, and tipped in the river eyes; then she refastened the box, put it back in the pouch, and tied it to her belt.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
He can also get “too friendly,” as Mr. Hartline puts it, untying shoelaces or pulling hair.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 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
A man and a young woman climbed a ladder set into the wall, careless of the dizzying height, to the roof, where they began untying the longmas from their harnesses.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
