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
“We can’t untie your last knot,” Seth said.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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
Tyrion unties them and they just stay put in a dank, dark dungeon?
From New York Times ● May 22, 2016
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
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
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
Hyacinth untied the ribbon from the kitten’s neck and peered at the note.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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
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
It followed him as he moved from truck bed to truck bed, untying people.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
Mama was looking down; her hands were placed on her belly, to hold the wrapper from untying itself or to keep her bread and tea breakfast down.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
