Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmoored
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Others – like Boris – are liberated by it.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, Ozon diverges from the text in a few key places to offer a postcolonial reading of a novel that was published two decades before Algeria liberated itself from French rule.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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Some of the cattle roaming the marsh are rumored to be the feral descendants of herds emancipated two decades ago by Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall about five miles upriver.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The federal government's few attempts to transition the recently emancipated into the postwar economy were inadequate, historians believe.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
8 Aug. 2025
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The offense remained ice cold, despite being gifted a run, and the bullpen sprung a couple of leaks.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the test performed for CNN, the flames sprung back up in just moments.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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In the test performed for CNN, the flames sprung back up in just moments.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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Readers have sprung to action, sharing contacts at the Ban Chiang National Museum and of family in Thailand willing to help.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
22 Aug. 2025
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Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Though most had been freed, Heraty and another employee remained in captivity not far from where the operation was taking place.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Unmoored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmoored. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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