loose
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All-Pro receiver Puka Nacua, the NFL leader in catches last season, caught five passes for 74 yards and never broke loose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
But then, he continued, "all hell broke loose".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Days later, seeing online rumors that a competitor had solved Millennium problems, OpenAI turned the system loose on all six that remain open.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Fox’s decision to cut Bartiromo loose sends the same signal from a different direction.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
And then, incredibly, Betsie began to pray for the Germans, up there in the planes, caught in the fist of the giant evil loose in Germany.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
He’s previously implied that AI’s boost to productivity might allow looser monetary policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Like skinny jeans, they eventually became unavoidable — and thus a bit stale, giving way to looser fits and bulkier “dad” sneakers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
China has been cracking down on a practice known as "Singapore-washing," which is when companies leave the country to take advantage of looser regulations, global customers or funding opportunities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Stones have rarely sounded looser or more alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Her lips, narrow and compressed when she was awake, were looser and fuller in sleep, and almost smiling, like her sleeping eyes.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
At that time, Japan was mired in deflation and had the world’s loosest monetary policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
But “The Paper” is a spinoff of “The Office” — in the loosest sense — so this isn’t a soapbox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
As expected, the Rangers were the loosest team after the workouts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
I asked a small group who came to class early, when some of our best, loosest conversations happened.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023
He had told me to wear comfortable clothes, so I’m wearing the loosest pants and sweater I could find.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
Social tension could rise if Lula's government looses popular support in a context of greater economic difficulties, according to a report led by Christopher Garman, Eurasia's managing director for the Americas.
From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2023
The loser looses any realistic path to the postseason.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
But the film looses coherence and urgency on the dark side of the moon.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 20, 2020
In fact, going from May to June with about 360,000 fans at three races, to June to October with far fewer if any, looses waves of quirks.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2020
Better send your fireman to collect your tools when Miguel looses the stern mooring.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
“You broke bonds / and you loosed the chains,” Bono sang.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2025
"It's like flying a brick – there's only one way, and it's down," said Mr Davies, from Bollington, Cheshire, describing what it was like once the the glider was loosed.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
Midway through his speech, the president quoted his favorite Irish poet, William Butler Yeats: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2024
After decades of designing linear video game adventures such as the Ninja Gaiden and Nioh series, Team Ninja has dropped the guardrails and loosed players into an open world.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
If I hang the gill, the northmen will attack at once, he thought as he loosed a shaft.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
This step is critical to keep all those juices inside the bird versus loosing those tasty juices into the bottom of your serving platter.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
Both Emma’s and Simon’s deaths, falling down steep set of stairs after loosing hold of a necklace, are consistent with the novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
“I’m loosing the hope,” the mother, who is not being named to protect her safety, texted in broken English to Principal Nate McGill, who urged her to not give up.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
The Belt Man’s dance is like a hunting dance: searching low and high, maybe miming the loosing of an arrow.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
She gives me a small smile, before loosing a monstrous yawn.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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