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unwind

[uhn-wahynd] / ʌnˈwaɪnd /




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After a tour around the country, what could be more relaxing than my colleagues’ suggestions about how to unwind this evening?

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

But there are signs that the rally may soon start to unwind.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Like many others, Katie and Amy love reading books as a way to unwind from the stresses and pressures of every day life.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Courtney Love wanted to book a bunch of time,” but also wanted a place to unwind outside the studio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

As I head back to my seat, my insides start to unwind.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Piker’s mother unwinds on a recliner in the living room, watching her son’s stream on a wall-filling television, when El-Sayed’s race is certified.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Once the company is floated, the SPV mechanically unwinds its position in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Here, he reflects on how he unwinds and where he’s taking “Survivor” next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

For instance, there would need to be a larger, more fundamental shift for the yen to begin strengthening in a way that fully unwinds the carry trade.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

The rest of the afternoon unwinds in slow motion.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Stock-picking funds unwound their positions last month at the highest rate in over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Horton last year, but unwound that not long after.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Last week, Trump Media also unwound deals with Crypto.com to launch a prediction-market feature on Truth Social and create a stand-alone digital-asset treasury.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

That trade has since unwound dramatically, leaving growth more than two standard deviations oversold relative to value, partly because of the recent blowup of the AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

She was wearing a sand-hued wrap, a kind of sari, except it was looser than that, as if it had just been unwound and then only casually repinned.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Either technology stocks will bounce and push higher, or the technology stock unwinding not only will continue but will likely continue violently, with correlations heading higher.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

October marked the largest active unwinding of positions at stock-picking hedge funds in over a decade, with their market exposure down about 9% since June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The question now is whether it can sustain its recovery once the short covering and hedge unwinding have finished, Forster says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Despite these dynamics, GM reported third-quarter profits of $3.3 billion, more than double last year's level, which was marred by one-time costs connected to unwinding electric vehicle investments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Why, if Mr. Travis kept on twisting Cooter’s ear like that, when he did turn it a-loose it’d be spinning and unwinding itself on the side of Cooter’s head for a whole week!

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis


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