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unstick

[uhn-stik] / ʌnˈstɪk /




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The agreement could help unstick energy flows through Hormuz and ease pressure on the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

"We - our team and the United States administration - came to Beijing in order to unstick what has been stuck since almost last August," Kerry told reporters late on Wednesday.

From Reuters ● Jul. 19, 2023

Khiel says it can even help unstick painted windows.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022

Mr. Farrell took it on himself to try to unstick his supply chain.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

I dithered outside the barbershop next to the portrait studio, trying to unstick my feet and go back.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

He unsticks the phone from his ear and stretches it out to me.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

In a note published Friday, they admitted their rationale for forecasting a weaker dollar has come unstuck.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Good luck with this bureaucracy of becoming unstuck.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

Masters champion Rory McIlroy's gameplan of bashing the driver as far as possible came unstuck late on in his round after more erratic tee-shots.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

But many family-run businesses come unstuck because they focus on short-term moneymaking, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

When his front paws were unstuck, the strange sticky tape trapped his back paws and tail.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

By curling and uncurling their toes, geckos can alternate between sticking and unsticking from a surface, and thus easily move across it.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

But unsticking systems is not just a technological challenge.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2015

As we look toward unsticking calcified systems, we may find hope from a practice rarely celebrated by technological innovators: regulation.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2015

Thankfully, there are ways to manage this; unsticking that clog and getting everything flowing freely again.

From Forbes ● Sep. 6, 2014

Hastily straightening his glasses and unsticking his cheek from the glass, he pressed his nose against the window instead and squinted down at the pavement.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling


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