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  • verb Present participle of unfurl.

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Examples

  • Not only the awakening of the leaves and the idea of unfurling, but the straining process...

    Archive 2007-10-01 Ren Allen 2007

  • The clashes have included Shiite youths setting barricades of burning tires and quieter defiance such as unfurling protest banners in busy shopping malls - which is still a powerful act in a region where Western-style demonstrations are rare.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The clashes have included Shiite youths setting barricades of burning tires and quieter defiance such as unfurling protest banners in busy shopping malls - which is still a powerful act in a region where Western-style demonstrations are rare.

    FOXNews.com 2010

  • Just look at the explosion in investor interest that followed the sovereign debt crisis unfurling in Europe, ” says Klapwijk.

    Still Some Shine Left Sanjiv Arole 2010

  • Just look at the explosion in investor interest that followed the sovereign debt crisis unfurling in Europe, ” says Klapwijk.

    Still Some Shine Left Sanjiv Arole 2010

  • From there I was in the rigging, getting into the crow's nest, keeping my eye to the lens as I was inches away from the unfurling of a 400 square foot main sail 80 feet above the waterline -- and pointing the glass at the crew as they went about their seagoing tasks.

    Jerry Nelson: Sea Spray and Time Travel Jerry Nelson 2012

  • From there I was in the rigging, getting into the crow's nest, keeping my eye to the lens as I was inches away from the unfurling of a 400 square foot main sail 80 feet above the waterline -- and pointing the glass at the crew as they went about their seagoing tasks.

    Jerry Nelson: Sea Spray and Time Travel Jerry Nelson 2012

  • Just look at the explosion in investor interest that followed the sovereign debt crisis unfurling in Europe, ” says Klapwijk.

    Still Some Shine Left Sanjiv Arole 2010

  • Excitement is amping up as Shanghai prepares for the 2010 World Expo by unfurling stunning feats of architecture ranging from supermassive sun valleys to epic

    Canada Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo Collects Rainwater | Inhabitat 2010

  • Lines stretched out from the Metropolitan Museum of Art entrances like streamers, unfurling down Fifth Avenue in both directions, snaking around fountains, and curling up both sides of the building.

    Not Since the 'Mona Lisa'... Sophia Hollander 2011

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