as in to unfetter
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Recent Examples of unmoor
By Big Tech standards, Netflix has remained a strongly independent company over its 25-year run, spurning big acquisitions and splashy deals that could unmoor its roots.
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Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 July 2022
The German Greens, now part of the country’s ruling coalition, lashed out at previous governments for not working faster to unmoor Germany’s economy from Russian fossil fuels.
—Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
When announced at Jackson Hole in August, the goal of the Fed’s new doctrine was actually to unmoor inflation expectations, which were purportedly running too low for too long.
—Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 7 June 2021
But the overarching ambitions laid out by Sims-Fewer and Mancinelli, who’ve collaborated before on a handful of notable short films, unmoor the writer-directors from the heart of their subject.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2021
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Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 July 2022
The German Greens, now part of the country’s ruling coalition, lashed out at previous governments for not working faster to unmoor Germany’s economy from Russian fossil fuels.
—Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
When announced at Jackson Hole in August, the goal of the Fed’s new doctrine was actually to unmoor inflation expectations, which were purportedly running too low for too long.
—Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 7 June 2021
But the overarching ambitions laid out by Sims-Fewer and Mancinelli, who’ve collaborated before on a handful of notable short films, unmoor the writer-directors from the heart of their subject.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2021
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As spring ends, maple trees begin to unfetter winged seeds that flutter and swirl from branches to land gently on the ground.Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2021
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His long run in office, however, delivered only partial victories on his two primary ambitions: to unfetter Japan’s military after decades of postwar pacifism and to jump-start and overhaul its economy through a program known as Abenomics.New York Times, New York Times, 8 July 2022
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Mostly what you’re being liberated from is your unmet expectation.Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
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Dumping him will be liberating and empowering for you, and an important life lesson for him.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Oil is trading near $70 per barrel, and the price could drop further still if Trump follows through on his promises to unshackle U.S. energy production.Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
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President Trump will work quickly to fix and restore an economy that puts American workers by re-shoring American jobs, lowering inflation, raising real wages, lowering taxes, cutting regulations, and unshackling American energy.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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African cultures contributed significantly to carnival traditions, as enslaved people who were newly emancipated brought their musical instruments, dance rhythms, singing styles, masks and costumes to the street.Sharene Shariatzadeh, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
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Trump has insisted his tariffs would create jobs at home and emancipate the U.S. from being at the mercy of foreign manufacturing.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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When Henson refused to unchain herself from the fence, California Highway Patrol arrested her.Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Max eventually unchains himself and helps Furiosa in her quest to free the cult leader's wives, gaining mutual respect along the way.EW Staff, EW.com, 3 July 2024
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Millions were enfranchised when women got the vote in 1920, but Black women were mostly excluded from voting due to legal discrimination.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2024
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Comprehensively enfranchising migrants as urban citizens could lead to severe backlash from the urban elites—the constituency with which the CCP most closely aligns.Damien Ma, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2015
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The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014
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The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
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Spring — and evolution — will likely have sprung by then.Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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But most oppose keeping daylight saving time permanent, citing evidence that springing forward an hour in March is harder on us than falling back in November.Joey Garrison, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Unmoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmoor. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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