unpack
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The question of what’s real and not isn’t only Béatrice’s to unpack — you may wonder yourself whether Auen and Walker have fabricated their esoteric source materials and invented the strange saga of Ernetti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
He sees contradictions – uncertain youth in a powerful, assertive country; disillusionment despite huge advancement – and his job, he says, is to unpack what is driving it.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Plus, the Magnificent Seven has roared back, and we unpack the concessions that helped David Ellison end his stalemate with California.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Matthews: It’s very surprising, then you unpack it and see all of the layers of Gorsuch underneath.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
The kind of kid who helps you unpack your boxes and arrange your room even though she just met you.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The BBC's entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson unpacks how the singer attracted such a range of fans.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In an interview with the Journal’s John Jurgensen, the director unpacks the Trojan Horse scene and how he pulled off his latest cinematic tour de force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In the Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, Dahlia unpacks Mullin v.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
Lourdes unpacks three Sacher tortes and a Saint Honore studded with profiteroles, Linzer bars with raspberry jam, eclairs, and marzipan cookies in neon pink.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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These boxes often contain pre-addressed shipments of peptides that are unpacked and sent directly to clinics or medspas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"We spent one night in there - we hadn't even unpacked," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The opinion insists that courts do more than identify a historical cousin to a modern law by examining whether the analogy survives scrutiny once its details are unpacked.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
There were just stacks of crates and boxes, which is amazing — it was very cool to just see statues half unpacked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
He unpacked it: a soda, a turkey sandwich, a bag of SunChips.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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In unpacking the new single title, Harper’s Bazaar suggested that maybe modern-day fame is the disease, and Swift the “early guinea pig” who has fought against sexism and re-created her own masters.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
But although much has changed for the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the years since the 2021 release of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” one tradition remains: unpacking the meaning of an installment’s post-credits scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Yet for all the milestones, this debut album presents an artist less concerned with achievement and more focused on unpacking the experiences that shaped him pre-fame and turning them into a body of work.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
“There’s difficulties unpacking what’s right, what’s wrong, what’s best for me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
They're unpacking in Mumbai even as I sweat in this P.E. class.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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