unstick

Example Sentences

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“The fans, equally, are basically stuck sometimes, and I guess it's our job to subtly, not forcefully, unstick them,” he said.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025

"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, with pandemic restrictions eased in most areas, the new norms of flexible work will be hard to unstick.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2022

“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

She finally got the zipper to unstick and pulled it up all the way to close her sleeping bag.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio