unhinging

present participle of unhinge
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Recent Examples of unhinging Burmese pythons, which can engulf an entire Presidential golfing party simply by unhinging their (the pythons’) jaws, inhabit the environs of the Gulf of Mexico, and have even been seen swimming offshore. Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhinging
Verb
  • This ensures smooth energy transfer without disturbing the lake’s ecosystem.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • His landscapes are muddy and void, prone to sudden invasion by disturbing strangers, including the giant whale carcass that arrives on a train at the beginning of his 1989 novel, The Melancholy of Resistance.
    Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Browning has thrown eight interceptions in four starts, which was alarming enough for the Bengals to make a move.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But also alarming is that government officials don’t seem to take seriously the need to justify the reasons for their use of force, which should only be wielded to protect the rights of Americans.
    Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sets are decorated with vintage posters and props, enough to give texture without distracting.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The whole idea is to choose something that isn't too distracting.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The dog recognizes that something is amiss, but isn’t capable of understanding what’s really bothering Todd.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The injury that will sideline Herro to begin this season is one that had been bothering him for a few months.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The cringing mortifications and unsettling unreality make the series a tough sit.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In doing so, Piccioli subtly weaves in his own creative quirks, while winking (from behind dark glasses) at his predecessor — a way of not entirely unsettling the clientele won over during the previous decade.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other corners of the market are showing concerning signs of froth.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a federal appeals court heard arguments concerning a lower court's order that blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in Portland.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Baltimore's lone victory this season came against the Cleveland Browns, who, despite upsetting the Green Bay Packers last week, are also 1-3 and equally struggling.
    Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The economic and political struggles are worrying financial markets, ratings agencies and the European Commission, which has been pushing France to comply with EU rules limiting debt.
    NPR, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Canva/Cisco While everyone else is anxiously worrying about AI replacing jobs, Katsoudas—who leads the AI Workforce Consortium—thinks that AI could be the thing that gives workers the chance to have a longer career within a single organization.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

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