variants
or ravelling
as in unraveling
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With storms closing in, dwindling fuel, and a panicked, pregnant passenger at the controls, Braden must talk her through an impossible landing while fighting his own exhaustion, guilt, and unraveling personal life.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
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Abandoned Mansion smells like history and curiosity intertwined, the scent of someone worth unraveling.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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The sturdy set is ideal for serving after-dinner drinks to guests or just unwinding solo by a cozy fire.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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This bearish configuration served to confirm the distribution phase, as stronger volume on down days indicated institutions were unwinding positions.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Our narrator, a gay, happily married father of two disentangling himself from a poly love affair, is—depending on the light—brilliant, self-mythologizing, abject, hopeful, and vulnerable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Brittany Luse is joined by writer and journalist Ana Marie Cox to get into how people are disentangling alcohol from their lives, and the lessons she's learned as a recovering alcoholic.—
Veralyn Williams,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Raveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveling. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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