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Recent Examples of ravel
So somehow, Grace, Sacha and Robert end up accompanying Art and Charlotte to Norfolk, and all of their stories unravel and ravel at once.
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Ellen Akins,
Washington Post,
14 Aug. 2020
Her eight novels, including the 2016 bestseller Commonwealth, tend to focus on families or groups raveling and unraveling over decades.
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Kaitlin Menza,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Sep. 2019
Now, with many New Yorkers complaining that life in New York is raveling under Mr. Bloomberg’s progressive successor, Bill de Blasio, a top Bloomberg lieutenant is telling his version of how the city was revitalized.
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Edward Kosner,
WSJ,
11 Sep. 2017
Ellen Akins,
Washington Post,
14 Aug. 2020
Her eight novels, including the 2016 bestseller Commonwealth, tend to focus on families or groups raveling and unraveling over decades.
—
Kaitlin Menza,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Sep. 2019
Now, with many New Yorkers complaining that life in New York is raveling under Mr. Bloomberg’s progressive successor, Bill de Blasio, a top Bloomberg lieutenant is telling his version of how the city was revitalized.
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Edward Kosner,
WSJ,
11 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravel
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Heard and Depp married in February 2015, but their relationship quickly unraveled.
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Even the most careful budgetary calculations can unravel when a pet needs unexpected veterinary care.
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Congress should fully unwind the settlement as quickly as possible and then ensure that similar presidential self-dealing can't be attempted again.
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Emirates is giving you a new luxe space to unwind ahead of your time in the skies.
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On Sunday, June 14, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a relatively small humpback whale after recreational boaters spotted the animal anchored in fishing gear in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary late that morning, CCS said in a press release.
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The patterns bear the hallmarks of overlapping portfolio-management strategies, often index-based and much of it likely automated, and all of it difficult to disentangle.
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The latest twist comes as Dakar seeks to untangle itself from a debt crisis that has plagued its economy since 2024, when the government uncovered billions of dollars in undisclosed loans, forcing the IMF to suspend lending.
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But Charter already has more debt coming in line for its Cox takeover, and the regulatory process for Comcast would be a nightmare to untangle (at the state level, if not the federal level), so maybe the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.
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How to unsnarl the emotions that play tug-of-war with our souls?
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During the recent supply-chain crisis, XPO helped unsnarl bottlenecks for customers in several industries.
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“Ravel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravel. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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