extricate

I vowed to entrust the job to our electrician if I could ever extricate myself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Meanwhile, despite these woes, I was able to extricate some March Madness picks from the collective wisdom, or otherwise, of the major AI platforms.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026

Rocket responded with its “Bully Shield” program, which pays penalties and court fees for any brokers who want to extricate themselves from UWM External link’s contract.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to extricate the person from beneath the train.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

They had the ability as a people not only to offer him asylum, but to secure it and extricate him from prison.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Jeeves extricates Bertie from every one of these entanglements, and thankfully so, because every fiancée begins their relationship with the determination to toss Jeeves out on his ear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

McManus throws ladders, extricates people from car crashes, breaks down doors and conducts search-and-rescue operations.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

As the U.S. extricates itself from these counterinsurgencies and withdraws from Afghanistan and Iraq, it is somewhat similar to what happened after Vietnam.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022

But the Portuguese extricates himself from the situation in quite superb fashion, driving Murray out wide on the backhand before pounding a forehand winner into the open court.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2016

We cuts in between Dan an' Mexican public opinion and extricates that over-vol'tile sport.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry

Hernan Gil survived nearly eight days trapped beneath the ruins of a partially collapsed building in Venezuela before being extricated Thursday in a dramatic operation involving rescuers from seven countries.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

But it wasn’t until last year that GM extricated itself—for the most part—from India.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2025

Their bodies were extricated not by trained rescuers, but by locals who used rudimentary equipment.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025

Firefighters extricated passengers from the taxicab and provided medical aid.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

By the time she rushed into the kitchen, the cook had extricated himself, had both hands under the cold water faucet, and was squealing with rage.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

One video shows him under the rubble, carefully extricating the body of an infant from around the body of another small child, who is alive.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025

He lets the film pause and breathe, believably extricating Pansy from her pain for just a moment to give her a taste of what reprieve and lightness might look like.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025

Zwirner would not disclose the financial terms of extricating the gallery from that project.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

The complexity of extricating the technology platforms that allow equity trading and then integrating them at another bank was another factor in Credit Suisse's decision to hold off, the people said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 8, 2023

“How well I know the pain of a broken heart,” the widow murmured, extricating her hands from the admiral’s.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood