unroll
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"As you unroll it, you can map the letters a lot more clearly."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Now slice the cylinder open and unroll it to get a flat rectangular sheet.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
"We have to work out which layer is different from the next layer so we can unroll that digitally," said Dr Mancuso.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
The test will unroll over the next 10 weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2024
The three of them worked to unroll it.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Now there's a new threat – drones equipped with a real fibre optic cable which unrolls as they fly.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
The action unrolls mostly in and around New York’s Plaza Hotel; in Washington, D.C., where they performed their first American concert; and on trains traveling back and forth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
Season 1 of "Gen V" unrolls similarly, with that previously cited incident upending the social hierarchy and thrusting Marie to the top of the campus heap.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2023
“This is the turning that unrolls the day, that turns the turns that the seasons obey, and the cycle of years, and the decades.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
He unrolls the plan from its tube and spreads it out on the dining table, securing the corners with paperback books he grabs off the bookcase.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
That was a more upbeat forecast than the projections published as higher U.S. tariffs were being unrolled in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
"Around 14 days after germination, we unrolled the paper so that we could observe the early development of the roots without the interference of any soil adhered to them," says Hochholdinger.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
John Wooden’s statue should be recast with the program unrolled and covering his eyes in shame at what his legacy has become.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
In Tel Aviv, protesters unrolled a massive banner reading “SOS.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
Bronden unrolled the parchment and stared at it for a moment, her breath making little puffs of mist in the cold morning air.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Truslow said the government agency her company works with is unrolling a new process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In 2015, he demonstrated the successful digital unrolling of a charred scroll recovered from a synagogue that burned around 600 C.E.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Tabloids also spotted workers unrolling a large red carpet on the steps of the arena on Tuesday but it was removed quickly.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
"Rolling, unrolling, or hanging it in a new way can cause tearing, stitch loss and distortion of the fabric."
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
The world unrolling like a carpet in front of my feet.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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