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Recent Examples of unthreadUse the valve-core remover to unthread the core counterclockwise, then remove it and set it aside.—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 July 2020
The fashion icon then untied the skirt and wrapped it around Sailor’s neck showing off the outfit’s pants.
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Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.
Over 100 snakes removed from homeowner’s garden in Sydney
A sight like this would rattle the nerves of most homeowners … Read how a snake catcher uncoiled the mystery behind a backyard snake infestation.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
The snake uncoiled and hung down between the engine and the tire, looking at him with yellow beady eyes.
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Karen Bartunek,
The Arizona Republic,
13 Nov. 2024
As a corn plant grows, the leaves unroll to reveal the tassel, the part that sheds pollen, explained Mark Licht, an associate professor of agronomy and an extension cropping systems specialist at Iowa State University.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
Wayfair offers tips for removing folds and curls, which are an inevitable part of unrolling a new rug.
That, in turn, drew a lawsuit from Kairoi, an injunction pausing enforcement of the new statute, and then a vote by the Lakewood City Council to undo the statute.
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Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
Of course, with so many personnel across the agency already gone, some damage can’t be undone, but it will be greatly ameliorated.
Ahead of you lies a day—or a week, a fall, or a lifetime—of leisurely unwinding.
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Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
Talks are focusing on unwinding that whole cut in gradual monthly increments and the group has reached an agreement in principle to raise output by at least 135,000 bpd from October, two sources said.
What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns.
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Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
20 Sep. 2024
In nearly eight years, the Republican has appointed nearly 60 percent of the state’s 418 justices, installing judges who will oversee murder trials, reshape constitutional law, and unknot thorny civil litigation for years, if not decades, to come.
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