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Recent Examples of uncoil
Looking over a wobbly guardrail, Dale Landmann uncoiled a few feet of rope, cautiously lowering a white plastic pipe into the opaque waters of the Calumet River on a recent hot weekday morning.
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
This made coiling and uncoiling the hose go a lot smoother.
—Kate Morgan, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
Italian start-up Kite gen employs the same concept but uses a giant kite rather than a glider to uncoil the tether.
—Erik Vance, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2011
Then, four small rovers would slowly uncoil nearly 30 miles of wire and 128 antennas into a spiral pattern covering some 6 miles.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2021
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Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
This made coiling and uncoiling the hose go a lot smoother.
—Kate Morgan, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
Italian start-up Kite gen employs the same concept but uses a giant kite rather than a glider to uncoil the tether.
—Erik Vance, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2011
Then, four small rovers would slowly uncoil nearly 30 miles of wire and 128 antennas into a spiral pattern covering some 6 miles.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncoil
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Lenovo Lenovo The keyboard includes a button for making the screen unroll.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
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The intertwining plots unroll in a mishmash of styles.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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However, in recent years historically unusual factors have pushed up mortgage costs fractionally and those could unwind.Simon Moore, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The decision also unwinds a lower court ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who on Tuesday issued an order barring Garland from releasing both volumes of his report.Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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More news: Mystery Team Enters Roki Sasaki Sweepstakes After failing to straighten things out in the minors, Brogdon returned to Philadelphia in 2024 but was traded to the Dodgers after allowing seven runs (six earned) in three appearances.Newsweek, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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And on cue, Chu grows half an inch taller, straightening his spine and adjusting the tilt of his chin.Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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One fall day in 1856, a family of Eastern gray squirrels in rural New York uncurled from a cozy nest in a chestnut tree, looked around, and joined half a billion other squirrels on a multi-state walkabout.Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
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Exhale, lower the bridge down, then uncurl the trunk to bring the right hip and shoulder back to the ground.Jen Murphy, WSJ, 16 June 2022
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“Uncoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoil. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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