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
I held it out of her reach until I could untie the bow and smooth it out between my fingertips.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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
Now she unties a ribbon from her ankle and wraps it loosely at her neckle.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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
Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 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
Some of those on board then untied the rope in order to continue their route northwards to Italy.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
One of his sneakers had come untied again and he pulled it off.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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
The Doctorita finishes untying me, her hands still shaking, her chins trembling.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
