as in to expand
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area
after the protestors had unfurled their banner, it stretched from one side of the visitors' gallery to the other
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Recent Examples of unfurl
The slender aspens unfurl golden banners against the dark wall of evergreens.
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
In front of the mosque, the Parkchester Jame Masjid, thousands of officers watched silently as hundreds of men and boys prayed on mats unfurled on the streets and sidewalks.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Hurts unfurled a deep throw on first-and-15.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Protesters are already gearing up with a giant photo of the president and Jeffrey Epstein unfurled near Windsor Castle.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
In front of the mosque, the Parkchester Jame Masjid, thousands of officers watched silently as hundreds of men and boys prayed on mats unfurled on the streets and sidewalks.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Hurts unfurled a deep throw on first-and-15.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Protesters are already gearing up with a giant photo of the president and Jeffrey Epstein unfurled near Windsor Castle.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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At the crux of those tensions are a gaping trade imbalance and efforts from the US to ensure its national security against an increasingly assertive China, including by expanding restrictions on China’s access to American high tech, like the advanced semiconductors needed to power AI.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Seeing as how the first tribe swap failed to shake anything up and gave us two more obvious telegraphed votes, the producers decided to blow it all up again and expand back to three tribes.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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China’s Seafaring History (Smithsonian Magazine) by Sean Kingsley China has a history of maritime trade extending to West Africa, the Mediterranean, and much of Asia that goes back to the first millennium.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Oct. 2025
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Narrative has a seemingly relentless, ungovernable momentum, but humans retain a control over war stories that does not extend to war itself.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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As the scene unfolds, the gorilla suddenly lifts its arm and smacks the glass, causing a crack.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Chaotic scenes then unfold as dozens of protesters swarmed the area and confronted the federal agents, the footage shows.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Billups was arrested less than nine hours after Portland’s season-opening season-opening loss at home, a game notably attended by the team’s current owner and a financier in the process of buying the franchise.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Rozier did not play in the Heat’s season-opening game on Wednesday night versus the Orlando Magic.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Unfurl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfurl. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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