unstick

Example Sentences

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"We - our team and the United States administration - came to Beijing in order to unstick what has been stuck since almost last August," Kerry told reporters late on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2023

“We basically have to cause a nuisance until it hurts,” he said as a police officer tried to unstick him from the road with the help of cooking oil.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

Khiel says it can even help unstick painted windows.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

But "Dexter: New Blood" can't quite unstick itself from the past, in the same way that Dexter himself cannot fully shed the old skin of who he was.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2021

In the mornings he stands outside the bathroom door and asks if I can bear to unstick myself from the mirror.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood