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

Roy runs into Phoebe’s teacher — yay, Phoebe, genuinely and always — and she says he seemed “stuck” the last time they spoke, which evidently serves to immediately unstick him.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

Meanwhile, executives realize that if they don’t persuade their employees to come back now, the new norms of flexible work will be hard to unstick.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022

Khiel says it can even help unstick painted windows.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

Their touch, combined with a touch from me and/or Sheed, can unstick a person, permanently freeing them from their frozen state.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles