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Recent Examples of uncoil
Stewart conveys this repression physically, through a defensive crouch that uncoils when under attack.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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.
—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
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncoil
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Gemini has similarly erected guardrails around the ability to automatically make changes to a user’s long-term conversation memory, a feature Google, OpenAI, and other AI providers have unrolled in recent months.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Vesuvius Challenge is using AI to virtually unroll Pompeii’s ancient scrolls Jack Knudson is an assistant editor at Discover with a strong interest in environmental science and history.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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However, in the months following the expiry of continuous enrollment, KFF surveys revealed that many individuals did not understand the implications of the unwinding process.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Finding a way to relax and take your mind off football can be challenging, but Colwill uses Lego to unwind.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Hairdresser Jesus Guerrero styled Moore’s long tresses straightened, while makeup artist Rokael Lizama gave her gradient eye shadow, rosy blush and a pink lip.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
6 Feb. 2025
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Rather than pausing to fix what had already been done, an attempt was made to straighten the thing out in midair.—
Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 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 22 Feb. 2025.
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