uncoil

On the drive out that afternoon, between fields of corn and sunflowers, miles of newly uncoiled barbed wire glint in the sunlight.

He measured each step, sprang forward and then uncoiled, thumping the ball out of Allen’s grip to send it skidding to the turf.

When the material is pulled, hidden length inside the polymer uncoils, allowing it to elongate up to 40 times more than standard polymers without weakening.

She spoke with the force of a spring uncoiled and the determination of a balled-up fist.

Slamming her feet down on the springboard, Biles compresses the springs that then uncoil and transfer energy back into her body as she reaches up and backward for the vault table.