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Adjective
The car's entire battery pack, which weighs about 1,100 pounds, or about as much as a grand piano, is unbolted and whisked away, underground.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2026 In May, a fisherman fell into the water and drowned after the seat on his bass boat became unbolted.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2024 First, the complaint alleges, one officer, Geramy Brown, moved Simon’s cellmate into an exercise cage outside and left the door to Simon’s cell unbolted.—
Jennifer Peebles,
ajc,
2 Mar. 2023 Once everything's unplugged and unbolted, the safest way to remove the door is to hold on tight.—
Austin Irwin,
Car and Driver,
2 Mar. 2021