unbind
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I am trying to unbind the knots of power that still have effects in the present.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Once released, the acetylcholine stays in the cleft and can continually bind and unbind to postsynaptic receptors.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Reince Priebus, then the chairman of the R.N.C., held long meetings with Mr. Cuccinelli and Rules Committee members who were seeking to unbind delegates.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
At higher temperatures, these vortices unbind and move away from each other, and are eventually destroyed by the system’s entropy.
From Nature ● May 1, 2019
Then they rested and slept without fear upon the ground; for their guides would not permit them to unbind their eyes, and they could not climb.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The group wants delegates to return to the floor once their state reaches the round of balloting that formally unbinds them to do whatever they want.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2016
Meyer unbinds the captive, and the huge fish and I are floating free in the crystalline blue water.
From Time Magazine Archive
And now true pity in exchange he finds For his false tears, his tongue his hands unbinds.
From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Sir John Denham
It unbinds the chains of the captive soul and permits it to take its flight.
From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Grenville Kleiser
Benzayda unbinds Ozmyn, and gives him her sword.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Sir Walter Scott
There are copious cognitive benefits and endless possibilities for where their imaginations can run, unbound by the limiting confines of a tablet.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Clemency is a plea, unbound by the structure and procedural limitations of the law.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
His scores, with their inherent rigor and overt religiosity, seemingly simple structure and patient exposition, conjure a world both foundational and unbound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
The trial is the latest in the legal jeopardy, including 91 felony counts, facing a man who sees himself as unbound by convention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
She wore a tunic and pants, and her hair was unbound.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
"It was different than the usual encounters I have with my Palestinian artist friends; there was this unbinding connection, because we don't know if we're going to see each other" again, he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
As part of their bids, the companies had also submitted unbinding offers to build three more nuclear reactors.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
The economies of the two nations are deeply enmeshed at this point, and unbinding them will be painful—especially for industries like agriculture, for which trade with China has been a boon.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2018
To the "unbinding" campaigners, the reluctance of the key 112 delegates to discuss this may simply mean they're holding their cards.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2016
“This is my thanks for unbinding your curse?”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
