unshackle
verb
un·shack·le
ˌən-ˈsha-kəl 
unshackled; unshackling; unshackles
: to free from shackles
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Recently, many have remarked that our great city stands at a crossroads, ready to unshackle itself from the mistakes of the past but uncertain as to how.
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Matt Martin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
And at the end of that war, in 1989, Iran was able to recover because basically it was unshackled.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
In doing so, the killer helped unshackle dark forces—chief among them anti-Semitism—that now threaten to overtake the conservative movement.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
On Friday Mangione arrived at court unshackled in his tan prison garb.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
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Matt Martin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
And at the end of that war, in 1989, Iran was able to recover because basically it was unshackled.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
In doing so, the killer helped unshackle dark forces—chief among them anti-Semitism—that now threaten to overtake the conservative movement.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
On Friday Mangione arrived at court unshackled in his tan prison garb.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Unshackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unshackle. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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