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The $140 million Englewood Flyover has untied that knot, carrying dozens of Metra commuter trains over top of another set of tracks used by Amtrak passenger service and Norfolk Southern freight trains.

From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2014

I am girt and pressed together by these people; from my hard-hearted brother I must seek to hide myself; your presence has untied these bonds.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

She is sitting down... she is adjusting the rope around her waist... or, what... yes, she has untied it.

From Hadda Pada by Guðmundur Kamban

"The old sailor on the North Pole has untied all four knots," said Gipsy to herself, as she lay awake listening to the blowing of the gale.

From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by Campbell, John

The Boy has pulled various cords during his uneventful life, but he has untied them all.

From A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs by Hutton, Laurence