as in to untie
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Recent Examples of unknot
What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair.
—Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022
In nearly eight years, the Republican has appointed nearly 60 percent of the state’s 418 justices, installing judges who will oversee murder trials, reshape constitutional law, and unknot thorny civil litigation for years, if not decades, to come.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
Being an open-ended query is an ideal state for an online girl, who will doubtless find a million other users hoping to provide her answer, helping to unknot her prettily furrowed brow.
—Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
Acupressure mats can also improve circulation, unknot tight muscles, and improve sleep.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022
If someone comes up with an algorithm that can unknot any knot in what’s called polynomial time, that will put the Unknotting Problem fully to rest.
—Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022
One of the issues the Supreme Court must unknot is whether Kennedy was praying as a private citizen or as an assistant coach and school employee.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
Milwaukee's rally began quietly enough with a pair of Antetokounmpo free throws to unknot the score.
—Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2020
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair.
—Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022
In nearly eight years, the Republican has appointed nearly 60 percent of the state’s 418 justices, installing judges who will oversee murder trials, reshape constitutional law, and unknot thorny civil litigation for years, if not decades, to come.
—Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
Being an open-ended query is an ideal state for an online girl, who will doubtless find a million other users hoping to provide her answer, helping to unknot her prettily furrowed brow.
—Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
Acupressure mats can also improve circulation, unknot tight muscles, and improve sleep.
—Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022
If someone comes up with an algorithm that can unknot any knot in what’s called polynomial time, that will put the Unknotting Problem fully to rest.
—Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022
One of the issues the Supreme Court must unknot is whether Kennedy was praying as a private citizen or as an assistant coach and school employee.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
Milwaukee's rally began quietly enough with a pair of Antetokounmpo free throws to unknot the score.
—Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknot
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The victim started to untie the rope, but Cagle jumped on his legs.KC Baker, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The driver then got out of his car, untied the dogs from the bumper and left them for dead, prosecutors said.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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But during the middle stretch, everyone limbers up—Discs 15 and 16, afternoon and evening shows in Houston, are particularly loose and swinging, Robbie uncoiling like a snake.Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
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As the verse uncoils, Em offers an R.I.P. to both Diddy’s late buddy the Notorious B.I.G. and his late nemesis Tupac Shakur, but with a twist that brings the subject back to Combs.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
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Unclench your jaw, relax your shoulders and take some time to unwind instead.Lucille Sherman, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Along with the desk and chair, there’s a cosy armchair and footstool, perfect for unwinding with a book.Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 25 Oct. 2024
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More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead.Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
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Usher followed — reportedly only after unlacing his skates first — and allegedly went to meet Brown & Co. behind some buses parked outside.Vulture, Vulture, 8 May 2023
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Several years later, Oura has now unrolled a new app design that will be available to all Oura members in the coming weeks, not months.Adrienne So, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024
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When the home team took the field for the first time at the Paris Games, a giant banner unrolled at one end of the stadium: Allez Les Bleus, the rallying cry of the French national teams.Rick Maese, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Electoral victories can be undone, regulations weakened or eliminated entirely.Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 4 Nov. 2024
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Remember that some things can be done or said, but they cannot be undone.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Unknot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknot. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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