Example Sentences

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We are prone here to encourage optimism in times of trouble by pointing out how Americans have extricated themselves from similar or worse circumstances in the past.

From Fox News • Jun. 2, 2020

But if it's too late for that, here are some of the creative ways artists have extricated themselves from bad deals.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2020

Lacking that, The Land may not have extricated itself from a streak that seemed everlasting, and he may not have won the UFC title.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2016

Producers such as Chuck Patton, owner of Bird Rock Coffee Roasters in San Diego, have extricated themselves from the exchanges in the past three to four years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 7, 2015

Fortunately for the Meadow-Brook Girls, the top had been removed from the car, else all would have been drowned before they could have extricated themselves.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar by Aldridge, Janet