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unpack

[uhn-pak] / ʌnˈpæk /


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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

Get rid of distractions and unpack overwhelming tasks into manageable steps as well as starting with "easy wins"

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Andrew Parker Felix, who represented Byassee’s family in the lawsuit, said it was complicated to unpack what had happened.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Join Dahlia and Mark as they unpack this Supreme Court term with some of the smartest legal analysts in the business as part of our live online audience, July 10 at noon EDT.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

Last night, when she was helping Eleanor unpack .

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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

Slate’s Jessica Stoya unpacks the underlying issues at play.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

In the Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, Dahlia unpacks Mullin v.

From Slate May 7, 2026

The new six-part series unpacks the events that took place from a range of different perspectives to consider how people now view one of the most controversial literary rows in recent memory.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

Downstairs again, Mr. Pomodoro unpacks a few things from one of the many boxes stacked by his desk.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

While that post-vacation glow typically fades once your suitcase is unpacked, the resilience sticks around.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

"We spent one night in there - we hadn't even unpacked," she says.

From BBC Aug. 8, 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

There were just stacks of crates and boxes, which is amazing — it was very cool to just see statues half unpacked.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

He came away from the window, he prowled about the room, touching things, looking at the pictures, opening wardrobes, fingering my clothes, already unpacked.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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

And calculating what, exactly, any retailer might owe its customers would require unpacking the agreements they struck with suppliers and shippers to share the tariff burden.

From MarketWatch Mar. 12, 2026

“We believe that unpacking mistakes, learning about our schemas, and forgiving ourselves leads to greater happiness and, yes, making fewer mistakes,” they write.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

The way Sheila E. remembers it, she received her first call about a gig as a working Los Angeles musician as she was busy unpacking the moving truck with which she’d just moved to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

Judy sat down on the bed and started unpacking her clothes.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine




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