as in to unravel
to separate the various strands of
our tour guide at the maritime museum showed us how sailors used to unlay rope
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Baldwin faced a similar charge, but the case against him unraveled spectacularly.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2026 -
The mummy delights in slowly unraveling her new host family (this is as close as the movie gets to a big idea), but not all of us are blessed with the patience of an undying Egyptian deity.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Unlay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlay. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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