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unfold

[uhn-fohld] / ʌnˈfoʊld /




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Alli Franco, a 30-year-old Texan who posts anime and gaming content to more than a million followers, external on TikTok, says she felt "dismayed" watching the debate unfold online.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Locals watched the scenes unfold from the safety of their apartments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

I wanted to see how things would unfold for a newbie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Metro bus said she saw the drama unfold in broad daylight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

DNA replication requires many more proteins than just DNA polymerase to unfold the twisted double helix and to ensure that the genetic information is copied accurately.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The exhibition of more than 180 objects unfolds over three floors, with the first bringing us into the early moviegoing experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

In past technological cycles, it’s made more sense for “market leadership” to transition from one sector to another as a trend unfolds, they added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The story unfolds into a humorous and poignant satire that makes sharp observations about the state of modern masculinity and creative life.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Audiences expecting an easy villain and a clear case of right and wrong will be surprised as the narrative unfolds with an examination of community, complicity and corruption within institutions of power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It unfolds as a bunch of little segments that won't open beyond 180 degrees, so it remains flat.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Fielder interrogates their initial meeting and how their relationship unfolded in the film.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Reyes didn’t see the incident that neighbors said unfolded the afternoon of Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Wednesday's row unfolded as senior executives from Starlink, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel gathered at the India Mobile Congress in Delhi, where all three companies discussed their plans for satellite internet services.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Mr. Winter’s miracle year unfolded with so much industry recognition and good fortune that a backlash followed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Now that she’d stepped through the archway opening, the Night Bazaar truly unfolded around her.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

However, what encourages Kirsch most of all is that the broadening of market performance that he called for is now unfolding and more forcefully than he anticipated.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Even though the patients were unconscious, their brains appeared to anticipate how the language unfolding around them might continue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

She knows little about the developments unfolding in the boardroom of the Tata group, one of India's oldest and most influential business empires that makes everything from salt to software.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

As that drama was unfolding, Dailor was already mourning the loss of his mother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Then, on the screen in front of me, there was a time-lapse image of a flower unfolding.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin


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