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For now, Arsenal are sitting back and watching this unfold, as they become more realistic about their chances of signing Alvarez before next week's transfer deadline.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
These orbitals contain valuable information about how a molecule behaves and interacts with its environment, including how it absorbs light and how chemical reactions may unfold.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
I’m a believer that politics is usually more like Veep than House of Cards; even world-changing events more often unfold by accident or luck than by design.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
“He was big Tupac and we watched it unfold with everybody else on TV.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
You never know whose territory might cross your own, whose mystery might begin to unfold in front of you, at just the right moment.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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While El Niño loads the dice, each event unfolds differently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Lanterns,” which unfolds across two timelines, is the boldest entry so far in James Gunn’s remade DC Universe.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
While Jackie’s health saga unfolds, fans have wondered — and worried — what will become of the pair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
On the other side, officials including New York Fed President John Williams think the Fed can delay hikes to see how inflation unfolds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
She unfolds it to reveal a child’s careful cursive in faint pencil, practicing the same sentence over and over again: Upright and do right make all right.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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As the crisis in Iran unfolded, in China, “almost from day one there was this sense that, ‘We are able to manage this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Last week’s talks unfolded under the threat of new U.S. tariffs, which officially took effect at 12 a.m.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Using doorbell footage, pictures of the scene and police reports, we can now piece together exactly how this fatal incident unfolded.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
So in other words, as the century unfolded, the housing stock in Rust Belt cities was able to absorb demand.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Something about this letter sent prickles up my arm and made me feel uneasy, but my curiosity got the better of me, and I unfolded it and read.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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He said the disaster was still unfolding in an ecosystem where one disaster could trigger "a range of cascading hazards".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
I started hearing an exciting tale of a life still unfolding, full of possibilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
These processes can occur simultaneously and feed back into one another rather than unfolding as a simple sequence.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Below is MarketWatch’s full coverage of this unfolding set of policy moves and how they might affect the dollar, federal spending and the economy:
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“What’s he doing here?” a particularly wizened sheyd sitting nearby shouted, as only just now did he even think to turn away from the scene unfolding on the stage.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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