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[uhn-fohld] / ʌnˈfoʊld /




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Confirming that idea has been difficult because changes around supermassive black holes can normally unfold over thousands or even millions of years.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

Dietitians who watched Oreo-gate unfold offered a more nuanced view than simply casting parents who restrict treats as overbearing—or those who don’t as negligent.

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

The sheydim deposited Boaz at his feet before hurrying back to their seats, as if they were afraid of missing any moment of the show about to unfold.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

“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

The Aussie-yen pair would probably be one of the major casualties if an unwind unfolds, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

McLaughlin’s most notable change concerns the frame of the play, which now unfolds in a disaster relief center.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

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

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

From there, the building unfolds into a grid of long hallways, lined with lockers, that come together to form lonely interior courtyards.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

From Salon Sep. 19, 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

The model represents the company’s largest change yet to its iconic line of mobile phones, and is the thinnest iPhone to date when unfolded, Apple says at its fall product showcase.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

As the crisis unfolded, Commodore Joshua Barney commanded a group of small American gunboats—called a flotilla—to fend off the British warships.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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

That relationship takes physical form inside the Melrose Hill shop, unfolding through a two-part imagined landscape that evokes an alien presence settling into the familiarity of a suburban setting.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The growing use of jet-propelled and other varieties of drones prompted President Volodymyr Zelensky to condemn what he called an unfolding "horror" over the skies of Kyiv.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

When it comes to diesel-burning trucks, the shift is earlier-stage, but unfolding startlingly fast.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Something there triggered the unfolding of those parts that had been incubating.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg




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