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Sooner or later, it may seem safe to predict, the rival parties will extricate themselves from the current confrontation.

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2015

The singer hopes that the lawsuit will extricate her from her contract with Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2014

The deal will extricate BP from TNK-BP, the joint venture with a group of Russian tycoons who were often at odds with BP over its management.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2012

That John Prentice is a crack lawyer suggests a courtroom scene in which he will extricate his wife from difficulties.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, as soon as we have returned, I shall place all the details of my long investigation before his eyes; and I will extricate him from this den of thieves by persuasion or by force.

From The Nabob, Volume 1 by Ives, George Burnham