unfurl

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But it does push the limits of belief when a tale that supposedly unfurls over four years in Hawkins takes nearly a decade to complete.

From Salon

Once unfurled, it holds up in anything short of a gale.

From The Wall Street Journal

A tarp was unfurled across the field almost a full day earlier, in anticipation Saturday would bring the sort of downpour the Coliseum hadn’t seen in years.

From Los Angeles Times

"I was looking at photographs of a Labour conference recently where there was an unfurling of a massive Welsh flag on the stage by the first minister," he said.

From BBC

The rest should be saved not just because of spoilers but because the real enjoyment of this book is how the story gracefully — and other times, not-so-gracefully, but with deliberation — unfurls.

From Salon