as in to uncoil
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Recent Examples of unspool
American Film Festival will unspool from Nov. 5 to 11.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
The Brooklyn rapper’s thoughts scan well on paper, then unspool in a delivery that lets the internal rhyme structure provide the emotional emphasis.
—Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
In addition, Amazon MGM is making 35mm prints of the film that will unspool for the December release dates.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
But the melodrama is perhaps the point—grief, Rooney recognizes, rarely unspools at anything like a measured pace or intensity.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
The Brooklyn rapper’s thoughts scan well on paper, then unspool in a delivery that lets the internal rhyme structure provide the emotional emphasis.
—Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
In addition, Amazon MGM is making 35mm prints of the film that will unspool for the December release dates.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
But the melodrama is perhaps the point—grief, Rooney recognizes, rarely unspools at anything like a measured pace or intensity.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspool
Verb
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The snake uncoiled and hung down between the engine and the tire, looking at him with yellow beady eyes.—
Karen Bartunek,
The Arizona Republic,
13 Nov. 2024
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But during the middle stretch, everyone limbers up—Discs 15 and 16, afternoon and evening shows in Houston, are particularly loose and swinging, Robbie uncoiling like a snake.—
Michaelangelo Matos,
Rolling Stone,
17 Sep. 2024
Verb
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The pressure of playing in the NHL is as intense as ever, and the need for players to unwind remains.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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With scalloped mint green umbrellas, a bubbling fountain, and a standalone sauna, the outdoor relaxation area offers a sunny spot to unwind before or after your treatment, and just inside the glass French doors, the indoor relaxation lounge offers light bites and plush chairs to cozy into.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The 12-team Playoff’s debut has raised several talking points to untangle.—
Sam Khan Jr.,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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To help untangle this mystery, in 2022 the World Wildlife Fund launched an initiative called ShellBank, which aims to use genetic analysis to trace sea turtle products to their points of origin.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2024
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Noor seems like a likable, interesting new character to base a story around, but how does this all tie in to the conspiracy that Peter Sutherland is beginning to unravel?—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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Vet mobile & Internal Affairs investigation In Suarez’s telling of events, his relationship with Carollo began to unravel after Suarez discovered a trove of veterinary supplies at the Bayfront Park Management Trust headquarters in April.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The sense that any one of their lives could suddenly be upended by the chance to emigrate is felt in every scene, as if the reality of contemporary Cuba could not be disentangled from its increasingly porous relationship to the world at large.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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However, as his work is soaked in fantasies about violent death, his final act is hard to disentangle from his books.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In rare cases, a volvulus can partially resolve on its own if the twist or obstruction is not severe and the intestine untwists spontaneously.—
Sarah Jividen,
Health,
22 Sep. 2024
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It’s got a rubber bumper around the upper rim that makes the lid a breeze to untwist and a protective bumper at the base that keeps it from easily toppling over.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appétit,
6 Aug. 2024
Verb
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What’s more, giving yourself space to rest and introspect could help you unsnarl a problem that’s been weighing you down lately.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2022
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Supply chains have started to unsnarl, and commodity prices for oil and some grains have dipped after surging amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.—
Jeanna Smialek,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2022
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“Unspool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspool. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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