unpack
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The question of what’s real and not isn’t only Béatrice’s to unpack — you may wonder yourself whether Auen and Walker have fabricated their esoteric source materials and invented the strange saga of Ernetti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
To unpack the other complicated details of this case’s non-ending, I spoke with Effie Blassberger, trial attorney at Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder who focuses on MeToo litigation, alongside white collar criminal defense.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Nowadays, it’s hard to unpack these narratives, when there are a thousand other issues vying for people’s attention.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Turning to China, we unpack how Beijing’s expanding dominance over global supply chains is making its export machine even more formidable—and far more resilient against foreign tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Are you ever going to unpack that thing?” he said, motioning with his head toward her suitcase.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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A Hammer Museum retrospective unpacks the once L.A.-based artist’s remarkable legacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
For the Amicus bonus episode, Dahlia unpacks the election mayhem happening in Missouri with Madiba K. Dennie, deputy editor and senior contributor at Balls and Strikes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
In an interview with the Journal’s John Jurgensen, the director unpacks the Trojan Horse scene and how he pulled off his latest cinematic tour de force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Lourdes unpacks three Sacher tortes and a Saint Honore studded with profiteroles, Linzer bars with raspberry jam, eclairs, and marzipan cookies in neon pink.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Residents unpacked the city’s financial statements on Reddit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"We spent one night in there - we hadn't even unpacked," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Maybe that idea should have been unpacked a little bit more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The opinion insists that courts do more than identify a historical cousin to a modern law by examining whether the analogy survives scrutiny once its details are unpacked.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
The surface over the hills was bessa, soft and still unpacked, what Terran skiers I think call “wild” snow.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Each week, Weber and Finger dedicate one episode to unpacking a prepared list of Who-y headlines, and a follow-up episode, titled “Who’s There?,” is dedicated to listener calls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
In unpacking the new single title, Harper’s Bazaar suggested that maybe modern-day fame is the disease, and Swift the “early guinea pig” who has fought against sexism and re-created her own masters.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
So if snaking standard TSA lanes and unpacking at the checkpoint is a pain point, this is your most affordable program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
His feeds are full of upbeat "get ready with me" videos, posts unpacking shopping hauls, and clips in which he talks about his life as a gay teen.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
As soon as my bag is packed, I start unpacking again, stuffing everything back into the drawers.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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