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Great artworks, like poetry, transform their subjects through rhythm, tension and metaphor, inviting viewers on explorations that unfold, deepen and surprise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

By determining where magma begins its ascent, how quickly it moves and which gases are driving that movement, researchers may be able to build more realistic models of how dangerous eruptions unfold.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

"Adults are more aware of how events can unfold."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Senior lineman Lucas Rhoa got to watch this all unfold from the sidelines, and he was truly in awe after the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

She’s leaning against our dusty doorway, jumping between playing on her phone and watching our conversation unfold.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

To judge a war as it unfolds is risky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Avalon, Rise” unfolds the fates of family and friendship when ordinary people are dragooned into political action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

As the chaos unfolds, Greengrass doesn’t pontificate on the morality of these events and, in fact, maintains a rather neutral stance on them for most of the film, withholding judgment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

This all unfolds next to four or so men casting their fishing rods into the increasingly choppy waters.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Far up a third climb, Werner unfolds the map and double-checks his bearings with a compass.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

All this unfolded against considerable noise from commenters on Kelley’s Military Times interview on the Lincoln deployment.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Her own version of Oreo-gate unfolded nearly 20 years ago, behind closed doors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Scientists are still working to understand exactly how its volcanic history unfolded and how those early processes produced the world we see today.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Our favorite games unfolded beneath the dining table; at times, we transformed it into a bus, traveling to unfamiliar places, as we took turns playing different roles: the driver, the passenger, and the ticket officer.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

She runs for the kitchen and returns moments later with an unfolded newspaper that’s twice her size.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The judges on the panel seemed unsure of Louisiana’s standing argument and unconvinced that the court should immediately give Louisiana what it wants while the FDA’s own review is unfolding.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Det Ch Supt Zara Brown said officers "responded quickly" to the unfolding incident.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

It hired a PR firm to manage the unfolding crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The minutes from July’s rate-policy decision indicated that senior officials harbored doubts about whether the momentum unfolding in the second quarter had staying power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

There would be lilac, and honeysuckle still, and the white magnolia buds unfolding slow and tight beneath the dining-room window.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier