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Recent Examples of unstrap
At that point, the New Shepard capsule was released to continue coasting upward on its own, and the crew, now weightless, was free to briefly unstrap and float about the cabin.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
While experiencing a few minutes of microgravity, passengers have the opportunity to unstrap themselves from their seats to gaze out the capsule’s large windows and take in a stunning view of Earth.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
The women were briefly able to unstrap from their seats and experience several minutes of weightlessness after crossing the Kármán line, which is considered to be the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and space.
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Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
The women were allowed to unstrap from their seats for about four minutes to experience weightlessness before buckling up for their return.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2025
William Harwood,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
While experiencing a few minutes of microgravity, passengers have the opportunity to unstrap themselves from their seats to gaze out the capsule’s large windows and take in a stunning view of Earth.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
The women were briefly able to unstrap from their seats and experience several minutes of weightlessness after crossing the Kármán line, which is considered to be the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and space.
—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
The women were allowed to unstrap from their seats for about four minutes to experience weightlessness before buckling up for their return.
—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unstrap
Verb
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Transforming the cabin from sitting to sleeping is a group effort that includes unpacking the ladder (usually stowed beneath the seats with the luggage), unfastening the upper bunks, and making the beds.
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After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
Verb
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More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead.
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Usher followed — reportedly only after unlacing his skates first — and allegedly went to meet Brown & Co. behind some buses parked outside.
Verb
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One popular saying suggests a knot tied on a rainy day is harder to untie.
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There, by definition, each match has to have a winner and a loser, so any match that ends in a draw proceeds to two 15-minute periods of overtime, and, if that fails to untie the score, a penalty kick shootout.
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“Unstrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unstrap. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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