unfurled

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A huge banner was unfurled in the East Stand as the players emerged onto the pitch before kick-off that read '10 years with Pep - Game changer, history maker, City forever'.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

World War II saw that inaugural edition scrapped, but when the festival finally unfurled in 1946, studio films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s “Notorious” and George Cukor’s “Gaslight” were part of the program.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Greenpeace activists scaled a monument in front of Congress at dawn on Wednesday and unfurled a banner urging lawmakers "not to betray the Argentine people."

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Needing to be unfurled twice, like a travel brochure, the smartphone packs a display measuring 10 inches diagonally when fully opened—almost as big as a standard tablet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

A shadow unfurled from the lamp, its spine arching and reaching.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi