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There was a cerulean basketball court, bathed in sunlight most days, where Garcia and his boys unwinded and launched jumpers after tough mornings in the gym.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2023

He was in fact drowning, and but for his intended victim—who rose unruffled, unwinded, even smiling, and at once seized him and towed him to the bank—he would actually have lost his life.

From Haviland's Chum by Mitford, Bertram

Twine′-hold′er, a case for holding a ball of twine to be unwinded as required; Twī′ner, one who, or that which, twines.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

And Uncle Dick chased it, and nen it unwinded itself and creeped under a big rock.

From Her Prairie Knight by Bower, B. M.

But by degrees the long reel unwinded itself;—angel of light, and all.

From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony