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unfurl

[uhn-furl] / ʌnˈfɜrl /
VERB
unroll
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Alternating every two or three chapters, Ms. Seve and the actor Caleb Teaupa unfurl a blood- and brine-soaked epic set in and around the islands of long-ago Polynesia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

And geopolitical events will unfurl as we watch helplessly from afar.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

It fed his compulsive desire to play, particularly in the fast formats at which he excelled, and gave him a platform to unfurl his layered understanding of the game.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2025

But now scientists have used a combination of X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence to virtually unfurl it, revealing rows and columns of text.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

“At any moment dancers will unfurl from the tops of the willow’s boughs, lip-synching a reminder that the sun will shine again.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed




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