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to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild
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Recent Examples of unchained
Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
However, on multiple visits to the neighborhood, the two dogs were unchained in the yard during different times of the day and night, the Herald observed.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchained
Adjective
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Most importantly, the Dean entities themselves were sued in 1992, a case that led to them winning unfettered ownership of his image in a landmark case that found movie studios’ contracts with actors did not give them merchandising rights.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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The focus is on Melania’s return as first lady, and director Brett Ratner puts his cameras on her with unfettered access — supposedly — in the 20 days leading to Donald Trump‘s second inauguration.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Their release followed a Saturday ruling by US District Judge Fred Biery, who ordered that Liam and his father be freed, finding there wasn’t enough probable cause to detain them.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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The comments come after a federal judge ordered over the weekend that the pair be freed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The latter appeared to be an explicit show of support in the wake of the chaos and anxiety unleashed in the North Star State over the past few weeks as ICE agents have descended on Minneapolis to enforce the White House’s aggressive immigration agenda.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
20 Jan. 2026
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However, curious, unleashed and unsupervised dogs will sometimes follow a coyote back to their den, and if feeling threatened, that coyote may defend itself.—
Lisa Bloch,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The 12-track effort is full of wide, sprawling arrangements that segue from hushed and contemplative to liberated.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2026
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She was sent to Ravensbrück and then to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated by the British Army in April 1945.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The boy and his father were released from a detention center in Dilley, Texas, on Saturday, after a judge issued a ruling earlier in the day.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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By the time it was released there had already been early reviews and considerable buzz.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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An ambush at a Boise hospital left three Department of Correction officers with gunshot wounds and two suspects, including an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the scene.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
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Her grandfather was an escaped slave from Missouri who made his way to Grinnell via the Underground Railroad in 1859 and established himself there as a barber, according to historical records cited by the Drake Community Library.—
Nick El Hajj,
Des Moines Register,
5 Jan. 2026
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First into his life comes Jessie involved in a shipwreck with her uncle, a past colleague of Mason’s, who drowns in a vicious storm and almost takes Jessie down with him before she is heroically rescued from near death by Mason, who brings her out of the drink and then back to life.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
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Then in 2015, the FS Foundation rescued the vintage train and embarked on a meticulous restoration that balanced a return to the original design with the introduction of the necessary technology to operate on the electric tracks that Italy runs on today.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Unchained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchained. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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