Except
Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Freeing
Freeing noun - The act of setting free from slavery.
Both words in one sentence
- Roy throws his sword — which is broken — at his assembled, about-to-be-hanged teammates, and ends up freeing all of them... except Belkar, whose rope he misses.
Source: Shoot the Rope -
It would have worked except they didn't count on Fish freeing himself, though timely interference from Chris Sabin still allowed The Addiction to retain, despite the failed gambit.
Source: Wrestling / Frankie Kazarian - Although Buddy Baker devotes his career to collaborating with like-minded individuals in disrupting fox hunts and freeing laboratory animals, he himself avoids the use of violence (except against a whaler and dolphin-hunter who dared him to do so).
Source: Animal Wrongs Group
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