unshackle
verb
un·shack·le
ˌən-ˈsha-kəl 
unshackled; unshackling; unshackles
: to free from shackles
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Now, unshackled from those responsibilities and likely headed for the chamber’s exit doors, the 82-year-old is increasingly irking his GOP colleagues while offering Democrats welcomed surprises after bucking a high-profile trio of President Donald Trump’s nominees.
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Feb. 2025
That year’s Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks display used the song to unshackle a city imprisoned by a pandemic.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Buckeyes faithful — scarlet-clad, drunken, frigid from the cold — were finally unshackled from all those losses to Michigan and all those unmet expectations.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Top executives, including Zuckerberg, sense a new permission structure to speak their minds, unshackled.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
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Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Feb. 2025
That year’s Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks display used the song to unshackle a city imprisoned by a pandemic.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Buckeyes faithful — scarlet-clad, drunken, frigid from the cold — were finally unshackled from all those losses to Michigan and all those unmet expectations.
—Justin Williams, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Top executives, including Zuckerberg, sense a new permission structure to speak their minds, unshackled.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Unshackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unshackle. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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