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furl

verb as in wrap up

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They packed up their chairs and furled banners, as the makeshift tent city slowly transformed back into a standard campus plaza.

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A furry ball, tightly furled, fell out of it.

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The baby’s tail or “fluke,” critical to swimming, was still furled from being compacted in utero.

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Accusations roiled inside of me, swirling in my head like furling tornado clouds, until I thought I might explode if I didn’t let them out.

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Near the bandstand, a group of people danced in a circle to Khmer music, dreamily furling their fingers and twisting their wrists.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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