unroll
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Can you unroll the extent of the processes that have happened here and why this has been going on for over two decades?
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024
Some people even unroll tin cans into strips to form parts of their walls.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
Dr. Seales released his images, and the computer code he used to unroll the scrolls.
From NewsForKids.net ● Oct. 25, 2023
The audience was pivotal to the piece, helping unroll the scrolls and even participating in a dance with the performers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
It’s Japanese style, the kind you unroll on the floor.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Now there's a new threat – drones equipped with a real fibre optic cable which unrolls as they fly.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
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
As a suspense story that unrolls in real time, it also suggests stage chillers like “Rope.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
She looks as if she has a thousand things on her mind, and in a short span as Basholli’s Sundance-honored narrative feature debut unrolls, some of those concerns become grimly apparent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
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
When the auction house unrolled the painting, it was the first time Herman had ever seen it, along with the signature: “Close 1965-6.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Keke Palmer has made her first direct comments about the online drama that unrolled after she was criticized online by her partner, Darius Jackson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
He unrolled the ship’s blueprints across a long, polished table.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
Soon after, the dark filament detached on one side and shot outward, unrolling violently as it moved.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 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
"Rolling, unrolling or handling it in a new way can cause damage."
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
In the 2018 book “Hinterland,” Phil A. Neel described the sound of America’s exurban sprawl as “guns cocking over trap snares unrolling to infinity.”
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Leaving Sloper in mid-sentence, he hurried away with Ron and Hermione, unrolling the parchment as he went.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
