unbuckle
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After crossing in complete silence, he turned and told me to unbuckle the straps on my pack and follow exactly in his footsteps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
I leaned down to unbuckle my boots, shouldering my pack to the ground for a final time.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
As the plane ascends to more than 50 miles above the Earth, passengers on board can unbuckle their seatbelts and float about the cabin for a few minutes.
From The Verge ● Feb. 15, 2022
The chief claimed Solis had struck him while he was trying to pull her out of her car and she was trying to unbuckle her seat belt.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
He bent down to unbuckle the saddle from his horse.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
He unbuckles his seat belt and slides out of the car when he says, “A lot of my friends are dying.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2017
For instance, autopilot mode is designed to first issue a series of warnings, and ultimately slow the car to a stop if the driver unbuckles his seat belt or gets out of his seat.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2015
Poulin unbuckles this Germanic syntax and pares away words that obscure the image: Our heart survives between hammers, just as the tongue between the teeth is still able to praise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Balekin unbuckles his belt and hands it over to the servant.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Then she unbuckles her seat belt and twists back to meet my eyes.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
Minor violations such as a broken taillight or seat belt left unbuckled may lead to a ticket for an average motorist — but for someone who is undocumented it can have life-altering consequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
As they unbuckled, she reached up and pushed the call button.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
Alex Ovechkin unbuckled his chin strap and watched from the end of the bench as defenseman Rasmus Sandin went down clutching his left knee against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
I suspect your neighbors wouldn’t leave their children unbuckled if they knew it was illegal, or if their attention had been drawn to the benefits of buckling.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Matthias unbuckled the belt and handed it over.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Footage shows passengers on Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight unbuckling their seatbelts and floating around, experiencing zero-gravity.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023
A recent YouTube series, “Best Shape of My Life,” that ostensibly targeted his non-superhero dad bod was really about unbuckling his own strictures of behavior.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
These insects can generate exceptionally loud sounds by rapidly buckling and unbuckling drumlike structures on their bodies called tymbals.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 10, 2022
Romo’s incident followed Max Scherzer’s spectacle, finding himself unbuckling his belt in the middle of an inning before an umpire felt the Washington Nationals ace’s sweaty hair for any foreign substances.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
At her feet, her pack was unbuckling as if opened by invisible hands.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
