unlatched

Example Sentences

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Tesla has issued a software update for more than 1.8 million vehicles in the US to fix a faulty notification system for unlatched bonnets, also known as hoods in the US.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

Taylor Harris rolled into her parking spot at the bottom of a hill and unlatched her son from his car seat.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

That discovery, and those shoes, have unlatched a deep, ongoing national conversation about the horrors of residential schools and the history of colonialism in Canada.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2021

And in 1915, a monkey dressed nattily in men’s clothes — for which I could find no explanation, which was very shoddy journalism indeed — found an unlatched cage door and went walkabout.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

He unlatched and raised the hatch to the engine compartment.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy