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

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

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

The touch of the iron hilt seemed to unstick her feet from the floor at last, and she moved through what felt like thick mud toward the monstrous child.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo