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• Once the officer pulled the rope to open the door, the bear can be seen leaping out of the SUV and running into the woods.
  — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 3 June 2023
• Her husband came to the house, forced open a door to the house, kicked open the door to Susie McKee’s room and shot her to death.
  — al, 26 Jan. 2023
• For the first time, the new method cracks open the door to studying micro- and nanoplastics in the wild, not just in the idealized settings of the lab.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• Jackson knew that a victory for him could open the door for the others.
  — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
• Playing games in the outfield will open the door for Carpenter's return to the Tigers.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
• The declining rates have helped to open the door to some homebuyers who had been priced out of the market.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• But the fallout could open the door to further pushback, observers said.
  — Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• The release says officers intended to open the door and quickly grab the firearm, but the doors were locked.
  — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Feb. 2023
• Which would open the door to more spontaneity, a sense of capturing the moment….
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 July 2023
• Burglars pried open the door just before 11 p.m. and went straight to the cages where her most valuable birds were sleeping.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
• Now state lawmakers want to triple the fines and open the door to possible penalties in the millions.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• Inflammation and cracking from the dryness can open the door to painful sores.
  — Isadora Baum, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
• Steelman had a three-shot lead after 15 holes, but closed with three straight bogeys to open the door for Biondi.
  — John Marshall, ajc, 30 May 2023
• Those battles and eventual conquest would open the door for Rome to rule the rest of the Western world for many centuries.
  — Clive Pursehouse, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2023
• Any one of these keys will open the door for an Indian investor to move to America.
  — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Its success can open the door for other big swings in Latin America.
  — Emiliano Granada, Variety, 24 Feb. 2023
• That would open the door for Badji to receive playing time as a backup next season.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• And all of them open the door to potential government overreach.
  — Sofia Andrade, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2023
• There have been some such lawsuits in recent years, but a Supreme Court ruling upholding the state laws could throw open the door to many more.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
• The new program, which will open the door to wealthier families, could fund more than four times as many students.
  — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
• Their investigation revealed that the suspect had used a key to force open the door of the vehicle and take the wallet.
  — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
• Thomas said the person did not open the door and the students stayed in the classroom for another 40 minutes before the police arrived.
  — CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• And finally—​sophistication: AI-​assisted hacks open the door to complex strategies beyond those that can be devised by the unaided human mind.
  — WIRED, 7 Feb. 2023
• The researchers claim that their work may open the door to more personalized therapies for people with the disease.
  — Victoria Forster, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Another person approached the driver’s side door and attempted to open the door, but let go when the driver reversed the SUV.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• Those side effects can open the door to more problems, including a prescription to stronger drugs, which raises the risk of addiction and death.
  — Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2023
• And for users, consuming stand-up this way can also be strange, like walking past a comedy club and cracking open the door in the middle of a comic’s set.
  — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• If platforms do not adequately shield children from certain types of content, the bill would open the door for lawsuits against the platforms.
  — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
• The findings open the door to developing new ways of preventing type 1 diabetes.
  — New Atlas, 29 July 2024
• But already, their findings could open the door for doctors to one day use honeybees as diagnostic tools.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024