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
“Or are you pretending? How about if I untie you from this contraption and take you home?”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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
Julien, her half sister, promptly unties the silk scarf and slips it around Zoya’s neck.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
A door creaks, and then Phil puts me down and unties the blindfold.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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
It untied itself from Anya and Ivan as well, and the scythe reformed into its proper shape.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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
Also a Harnick sweet spot: forcefully untying the knots later.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 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
I was not aware of Rufus untying me, carrying me out of the bam and into Carrie’s and Nigel’s cabin.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
