loosen
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In advanced cases, the disease can destroy supporting bone, loosen teeth, and eventually cause tooth loss.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
After filming the second episode, Reynolds began to loosen up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But with supplies under pressure, many are now expected to loosen those rules rather than risk empty shelves.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Lee co-founded the "Clinical Peptides Society" and started a petition called "Save Peptides" which has garnered nearly 10,000 signatures and urges federal legislators to loosen restrictions on peptides.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Maybe Barack read it on my face or sensed it in my posture—the fact that everything for me had now begun to loosen and unfold.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
When the structure loosens and opens, the genes become easier for the cell to activate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
It loosens them up a little and helps avoid cracks.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
Some bigger changes will take place next week as high pressure loosens its grip.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Cardellini: Every time we did it, there was something funny happening which immediately loosens you up, just as a human being.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
She shifts, but her grip on me never loosens.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
The Buss family’s grip on the NBA’s glamor franchise loosened in 2025 when they relinquished their majority share to Mark Walter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“You’re just being social and it made you feel good and you kind of loosened up and everything.”
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Supermarkets' strict cosmetic rules mean "one tiny little hole can render the plant useless", he said, but some have temporarily loosened the rules.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
After more than three years of sitting on a massive cash pile, Berkshire Hathaway finally loosened up and found a stock worth buying — its own.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The sick feeling loosened as he sat forward.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The global rise in bond yields is like a boa constrictor squeezing the Budget maths, slowly and relentlessly, occasionally loosening its grip, but never actually slithering away entirely.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The specific loosening that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants is to count borrowing capacity at the Fed’s discount window toward meeting bank liquidity coverage rules.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
In the United States, however, a panel recommended loosening restrictions on a range of peptides last month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
At the same time, Fannie Mae is loosening some insurance requirements for condos that lenders had said were too burdensome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“You have access,” Ash insisted, loosening the last of the laces.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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