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Nepali families were holding symbolic funeral ceremonies to "liberate the souls" of loved ones missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and homes in the Himalayan region a week ago.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

In 2016, when the battle to liberate the city began, I set out to film a documentary, “The Battle of Mosul.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

In 2020, DirecTV and AT&T struck a deal with Charter, not so much to liberate Dodgers fans as to help the parties maintain a shrinking base of subscribers amid a proliferation of video options.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

In theory, we could able to liberate ourselves of dull, menial tasks, such as replying to emails, going to meetings or managing calendars and diaries, by delegating these to capable bots.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

“But you know what prize awaits, if you can liberate it.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

"And then such an extreme event takes place, and in a way, liberates everything -- all the emotions, all the ideas and the passions, all the terrible things."

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

The shift liberates her holiday shopping, says Nussen, lead lighting designer at Consumer’s Lighting, a company she runs with her husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

“She sang because she wanted to feel alive, and she wanted to feel free, and she wanted to feel connected to her faith — and that already just liberates the performer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025

“Sometimes I feel like a little girl — I play, I have fun and I laugh. Onstage, I say everything through rap. It liberates me: When I get a microphone, I’m a different person.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

In the Greek fable, a peasant liberates an eagle from the clutches of a dragon.

From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

“He’s liberated from his own shyness when he’s trying to solve the puzzle,” Mitchell said recently over Zoom from London.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The operation would continue, he said, “until the country is liberated from the control of terrorist militias.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Eventually they were liberated by American troops and Hay returned to the UK, via Reims, on 4 May 1945.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Like many Kuwaitis, Salem Al-Ghanem still vividly remembers Iraqi tanks rolling through his hometown when his small Gulf state faced extinction had US troops not liberated it from invasion.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

When Dad graduated from St. John’s in 1949, the Communist Party had just liberated China from Chiang Kai-shek’s rule, and Dad was appointed a vice-principal of a primary school.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

But what felt humiliating in the moment became liberating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"I'd love to see artificial intelligence winning wars, liberating territories."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

"It's quite liberating telling people, whether it's students or friends because most of the time people are just like 'oh, OK, fine'," says Cole, who is also autistic.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Deciding how many days you want to teach yoga or bartend, and how much consulting work you want to take on, can feel liberating — as though you’re the master of your own time.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Week after week he had informed her about Monty and the Brits driving Rommel’s tanks out of North Africa and the American troops liberating Algeria and landing in Sicily.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides