unzip
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Typically, the export you get from a platform will be a giant bundle of files you can unzip and store on your drive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Scientists have long suggested tectonic plates could unzip like this.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
But when Arabidopsis seedlings sense they're under attack, special enzymes called RNA helicases are produced that unzip the hairpins so the ribosomes can pass through and continue scanning along the mRNA molecule.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
Truly, it was criminal how my mother’s purse strings would not unzip.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
I reach around, unzip my backpack, and pull out a thick wad of Notes.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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She unzips a cloth pouch of ground tobacco leaf mixed with sage and cedar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2023
Replication in prokaryotes starts from a sequence of nucleotides on the chromosome called the origin of replication—the point at which the DNA opens up or unzips.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
"It is like he just unzips his head and let's everything fall on the table. That is no way to run an economy," thundered Mr Morrison.
From BBC ● May 19, 2022
“Some people hate what I wear, some people praise it,” she continued as she unzips an oversized black hoodie.
From Fox News ● May 27, 2020
He unzips the backpack and flips it over, letting some Black Panther and Hawkeye comics hit the ground.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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“Uh-oh,” the adorable furry creature says while peering through the unzipped opening as the new release date appears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Hailey Bieber modeled it with an unzipped jacket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
I slowly unzipped the tent door, poked my head out and saw it: a lone bison head-butting a picnic table, lifting one end into the air with alarming ease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
Mrs Fenton, 55, told the JVS show on BBC Three Counties Radio that, after a six-hour drive, her husband had unzipped the cover of the bicycle rack and found the migrant inside.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
I unzipped my backpack and pulled out the sketch pad.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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The actress and crew are seen unzipping the black bags and pulling out dozens of bras, which are then tied together and thrown over parts of the structure.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
When they finished, it was immediately apparent how DNA copies itself, by unzipping down the middle, allowing each chain to find a new partner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
"It would have been this slow, ongoing tear, almost like the crust unzipping itself," Anderson said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
One of them, Macon Ponder, testified Wednesday that, after unzipping it, he found a body in a fetal position, partially wrapped in blankets.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
“Spanish rock. My favorite band is El Tri,” he says, unzipping his jacket and showing me his T-shirt.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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