unshackle

She wants to unshackle a defense industry that is stunted, as she sees it, by heavy restrictions on what it can sell overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

That should unshackle an “asphyxiated” economy, says Alejo Czerwonko, chief investment officer for emerging markets Americas at UBS Global Wealth Management.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

However, she still strongly emphasizes to Paul that she believes that only the Fremen can unshackle themselves – not an outside messiah or prophecy.

From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2024

"He's been brought up as a young player in a very toxic male environment and you can imagine that he wants to unshackle himself, giving players their voice."

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2023

If she could persuade him to unshackle her, a dark night like this was made for running.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

"We believe that now is the time to create a system that is fair and that unshackles millions of graduates from mountains of student loan debt," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

In the next room, Connie Samaras’ serendipitous landscape photograph unshackles whatever might be meant by being grounded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

When the group does push into new territory — or more accurately, unshackles itself from familiar ground — it doesn’t leave much of an impact.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

“When you turn your attention to those who have blessed you, it unshackles the toxic emotions we sometimes get mired in.”

From Washington Post ● May 29, 2022

Nothing is graver than freedom; liberty has burdens of her own, and lays on the conscience all the chains which she unshackles from the limbs.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters by Arthur Mee

Factory workers, farmers, gold diggers, frontiersmen flocked to the US with the belief that they could create a new identity - an "American" - unshackled from the class systems of Europe.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Following the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, the United States unshackled its railroads, allowing private operators to compete, set market-driven rates and dynamically reinvest in their own infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

As Weibo’s popularity exploded in 2010, the internet seemed like “a third space unshackled by the rules that bound the rest of the nation’s institutions.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

For the first time, I feel unshackled from the expectations of waiting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

She felt freed, and realized that her wrists were unshackled.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, its national soccer team has spent this summer unshackling itself from its own stunted history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Her new book, “You Got Anything Stronger?,” continues the project of unshackling.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021

But Kapur and Graft’s story — and by extension the story of Auroville — isn’t one of escape, of unshackling themselves from the clutches of a toxic cult for the safety of the real world.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

At first Max did pretty well in unshackling himself from the scandalous name.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2020

Bâtard’s sides were heaving regularly, but Leclère felt that the breath came and went a shade too quickly; also he felt that there was a vigilance or alertness to every hair that belied unshackling sleep. 

From The Faith of Men by Jack London