1
as in to paralyze
to deprive of courage or confidence
the sudden shriek undid the campers
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as in to untie
to disengage the knotted parts of
undo a tangled shoelace
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as in to disturb
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
the mere mention of the home invasion still had the power to undo her
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Recent Examples of undo
But the subtlest insight of Diop’s film might be that restitution doesn’t have to undo the past in order to be right for a necessarily imperfect future.
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
To enter the room, Huang, Sarah, and the security guard arrived with separate keys to undo the locks.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Marsh wants to undo the generational inequities in our healthcare system.
—Adaira Landry, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
McFerran led a Democratic majority on the board to undo Trump-era changes.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
To enter the room, Huang, Sarah, and the security guard arrived with separate keys to undo the locks.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Marsh wants to undo the generational inequities in our healthcare system.
—Adaira Landry, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
McFerran led a Democratic majority on the board to undo Trump-era changes.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Sluggish vote counts could fuel distrust in the election, spark lawsuits and even civil unrest, and paralyze both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.Mike Allen, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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My left leg is, uh, partially paralyzed from my hip to my knee, then from my knee to my toes, completely paralyzed, so if there's any neurosurgeons out there … any researchers out there, please get a hold of me.Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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The victim started to untie the rope, but Cagle jumped on his legs.KC Baker, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The driver then got out of his car, untied the dogs from the bumper and left them for dead, prosecutors said.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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The photos, not graphic but disturbing all the same, were allegedly taken at the scene of the Delphi murders — the double homicide of two best friends, Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14, in rural Delphi, Indiana, in 2017.Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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The skit started with the actors seeming disturbed.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Instead, make noise to scare it away, the website said.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fear of further controversy or a backlash from pro-Israeli supporters appears to have scared off U.S. distributors.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Each pair comes embellished with a large wooden button that can be fastened for maximum warmth or unfastened for easy slip-off removal.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
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Leave the pockets unzipped or unfastened when washing. 2.Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
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Does Miss Manners have a suggestion for a polite way of indicating that, since they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge the first gift, subsequent gifts should not be solicited?Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Martha Stewart is an ‘unreliable narrator’ but also ‘a visionary,’ documentary director says: R.J. Cutler, the director of Netflix’s ‘Martha,’ discussed his film about the lifestyle guru and businesswoman and how he isn’t bothered by her criticism of it.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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But Hanks does commendable supporting work as a nerdy FBI agent on Abagnale’s trail — essentially playing the sort of conventional square whose mediocre life frightens the restless, rootless Abagnale.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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There is little evidence wolves frighten elk merely by their presence, the authors say.ByVirginia Morell, science.org, 23 Oct. 2024
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The fact that the Catholic Church held so much sway over the Republic of Ireland’s political institutions for so long ensured that, once the shackles were loosened, the South more or less speedran the entire postwar era in the past 30 years.Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Trump has generally pledged to extend or enact major tax cuts while loosening regulations, something that the business community is set to embrace.Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Undo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undo. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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