looses

present tense third-person singular of loose
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as in fires
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them

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Verb
  • Bolt action rifles mean one pull of the trigger fires a round, then a shooter must manually chamber another round.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • North Korea fires solid rocket motor.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Those words, though, are likely a reference to a sequence of moves on a controller that unleashes a powerful bomb and accompanying phrase in a third-person shooter video game called Helldivers 2.
    Richard Hall, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, a remake of the 1987 Stephen King adaptation led by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Powell unleashes more than just impressive action skills and stunt work; as trailers have shown, audiences have never seen the guy quite so pissed off before.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Letting go of the urge to justify decisions frees up time, sharpens focus and models decisiveness.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Advocates say Guard support frees federal agents to focus on core enforcement tasks.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In such a scenario, reminiscent of the ‘70s, if the Fed loosens policy prematurely, inflation could spike, leading to the painful corrective measures seen under Powell’s predecessor Paul Volcker, who hiked rates aggressively and weathered severe, double-dip recessions.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Play loosens the grip of judgment.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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  • An officer then shoots Hill multiple times with a pepper gun and tells him to get on the ground.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Ben Simmons #25 of the Los Angeles Clippers shoots the ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half at Intuit Dome on March 23, 2025 in Inglewood, California.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Of course, that might change if Google releases Project Mariner for the masses.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Its online map displays readouts from people’s at-home sensors, better reflecting if a nearby traffic jam or mail truck is spiking fumes, a neighbor starts burning trash, or a local factory releases a smoke plume.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Miz throws a fastball that averages 99 mph and a slider that sits at 94 mph.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a pass during the first quarter against the Cleveland Browns during the game at Huntington Bank Field on September 07, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • The Prize is technically a financial award, not a grant, which liberates recipients to dream, pause, pivot, or scale on their own terms.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This liberates the show from the crime-investigation-arrest plot arc typical of this genre without robbing it of suspense.
    Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Looses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looses. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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