unlatch
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Tesla is facing a fresh investigation from U.S. automotive-safety regulators over concerns that it may be difficult to unlatch the doors of some Model 3 sedans in the case of an emergency.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
The cages were padlocked, a measure to keep the birds from figuring out how to unlatch their enclosures and escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2023
During the workweek, regulars slide in to occupy one of 10 seats at the bar at Lynn’s Motel on State Route 115 in Effort almost as soon as the doors unlatch at 4 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
"If you open this door and unlatch this thing and you slide this over, you'd look down in there and in between a bunch of nails you'd find my name," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2020
Irritated, and knowing he has charmed the locks so she cannot unlatch them without his own keys, she kicks the door with her boot and to her surprise, it swings open.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Even without a stage, that is theater: a performance that unlatches the mind.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2021
At that moment, I grabbed the girl around the torso and pulled her away from the cage and it unlatches from her claw.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2019
She unlatches her purse, clutches his slippers, slides them into the dark can, hides them between bags of trash.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2013
Sighing, she stands up and stretches, then unlatches the door.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Etienne unlatches the little door beside the wardrobe.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
He unlatched himself so he could briefly get up and hand the bag to the sick passenger, who promptly vomited in it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
He said he saw the cart come into the hub where others were waiting in line and could see the restraint was unlatched.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Tesla is recalling some 2021-2024 Model 3, Model S, Model X and 2020-2024 Model Y vehicles because the cars may fail to detect an unlatched hood after it has been opened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
It then entered a classroom by opening a door that happened to be unlatched and jumped onto a bookshelf, scattering some items — but it didn’t cause any major damage.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
He unlatched and raised the hatch to the engine compartment.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
An "extremely intelligent" bear that injured four people in northern Japan remains at large as of Friday, after apparently unlatching a window while evading capture and turning on a water tap, officials said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Activists “liberated” captive mink as they have for years, sneaking onto mink farms in Utah and Idaho and unlatching the cages of 2,000 mink, who fled into the moonlight.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
The crew undocked from the station on schedule, first retracting cables that supplied power from the space station, then unlatching 12 hooks that had held the two together for more than two months.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2020
Then he heard a sound no paramedic ever wants to hear: the click of a patient’s shoulder harness unlatching.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2015
“I’ve gotta get going,” you say, unlatching her arms from your midsection.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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