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In our game, the Betrayer was Jerry—so he left the room and the rest of us had to devise a strategy to defeat the dragon he had loosed upon us.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2015

The Sunday deadline had lost some of its magic power to conjure a President, because by that time both sides had loosed upon the world armies that were hard to call back.

From Time Magazine Archive

The German submarine commander who had loosed the torpedo as a "practice shot" had aimed at nothing.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the first time, in the score of The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky had loosed all the furies of rhythm from their Pandora's box.

From Time Magazine Archive

“All things have a name,” said Ogion, so certainly that Ged dared not repeat what the Archmage Gensher had told him, that such evil forces as he had loosed were nameless.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin