unshackle
verb
un·shack·le
ˌən-ˈsha-kəl 
unshackled; unshackling; unshackles
: to free from shackles
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The American has been visibly unshackled by her acceptance that tennis results need not define her, taking her to her first Grand Slam title in Australia and to a 23-4 record in 2025 prior to this encounter.
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The campaign centered on a sunny, optimistic vision of a United Kingdom, still a prominent global player, but merely unshackled from the restraints of Brussels.
—Douglas Murray, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2016
But even that won’t work if a broad majority of Palestinians isn’t willing to unshackle themselves from Hamas’ political and ideological grip.
—Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Lurking behind our unease is a fantasy of total, unshackled cognitive freedom.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The campaign centered on a sunny, optimistic vision of a United Kingdom, still a prominent global player, but merely unshackled from the restraints of Brussels.
—Douglas Murray, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2016
But even that won’t work if a broad majority of Palestinians isn’t willing to unshackle themselves from Hamas’ political and ideological grip.
—Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Lurking behind our unease is a fantasy of total, unshackled cognitive freedom.
—Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Unshackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unshackle. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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