unwrap
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Your appetite has been sharpened by sun, distance and swimming, and what you unwrap tastes less like something that survived the journey than something that has been quietly getting ready for you.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
We decided to open it last and fought over who got to unwrap it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
It’s almost time to unwrap those presents: Christmas is coming up on Thursday, Dec. 25.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Let’s unwrap why Phreesia is still a buy for 2026.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Lina was able to unwrap Poppy from her neck and look around.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
He pours the Ditka wine into a plastic cup and unwraps his hoagie, layered with ham and, as the cashier so memorably described it, “limited-time yellow squirt.”
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Illuminate is a key word, as when young Peter Ostrum as Charlie unwraps a candy bar with the much-sought-after golden ticket, the animated images around the framed screen erupted in fireworks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
The Ukrainian peels back a plastic bag, unwraps a towel and, with a smile, wipes some dust from the Bellator welterweight title belt.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023
The look on his face as he unwraps the gift is priceless.
From The Verge ● Nov. 22, 2021
When she unwraps the newspaper, she finds a model house, tall and narrow, no bigger than her fist.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Inside a sparse room he rented in Foshan for $3 a day, he unwrapped a strip of coated wood, evidence for prospective employers of his life’s work painting furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Investors haven’t unwrapped it just yet, distracted by piecing together the year’s sprawling artificial-intelligence trade.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
“Hi. Is everyone — is everyone good? Comfortable? Snacks unwrapped? Hello. Hi. Welcome.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Malnourished, with bulging eyes and a skeletal frame, she unwrapped the foil slowly, took a few small bites and then paused.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2025
I unwrapped my scarf from around my head and used a damp paper towel to scrub the icing off my face.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
A trip to ancient Egypt, for instance, leads to one of the Minions running out of toilet paper and accidentally unwrapping a nearby mummy’s bandages for the purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"My pulse was quickening as I was unwrapping the bubble," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Big gains in large growth stocks are like unwrapping a longed-for Christmas gift.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
There, a narrator and singer welcomes and regales guests with tales of how different Latin countries present stories of Santa Claus, or, say, the joy of unwrapping a tamale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
The woman broke away from the others and ran hard at Pa, unwrapping the baby off her back and holding it out front of her.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
