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  • verb Present participle of untether.

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Examples

  • Liasson says that Obama is untethered from the Democratic base, and he'll move to the center, and then, presumably, that Democratic base will ensure that Obama is not the President anymore by "untethering" themselves from the idea of "voting for him."

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Liasson says that Obama is untethered from the Democratic base, and he'll move to the center, and then, presumably, that Democratic base will ensure that Obama is not the President anymore by "untethering" themselves from the idea of "voting for him."

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Liasson says that Obama is untethered from the Democratic base, and he'll move to the center, and then, presumably, that Democratic base will ensure that Obama is not the President anymore by "untethering" themselves from the idea of "voting for him."

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Liasson says that Obama is untethered from the Democratic base, and he'll move to the center, and then, presumably, that Democratic base will ensure that Obama is not the President anymore by "untethering" themselves from the idea of "voting for him."

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Liasson says that Obama is untethered from the Democratic base, and he'll move to the center, and then, presumably, that Democratic base will ensure that Obama is not the President anymore by "untethering" themselves from the idea of "voting for him."

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Liasson says that Obama is untethered from the Democratic base, and he'll move to the center, and then, presumably, that Democratic base will ensure that Obama is not the President anymore by "untethering" themselves from the idea of "voting for him."

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Liasson says that Obama is untethered from the Democratic base, and he'll move to the center, and then, presumably, that Democratic base will ensure that Obama is not the President anymore by "untethering" themselves from the idea of "voting for him."

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Liasson says that Obama is untethered from the Democratic base, and he'll move to the center, and then, presumably, that Democratic base will ensure that Obama is not the President anymore by "untethering" themselves from the idea of "voting for him."

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Little could he have imagined that unveiling would later become an emblem for untethering Egypt from Britain itself.

    The Return Of the Veil Mira Sethi 2011

  • His palm pressing against the front of my panties sent a shock wave across my body, untethering my tenuous grip on the reins of my self-control.

    Small Victory: the realm of pawns Alice Gray 2010

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