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or ravelling (out)
as in unraveling
to separate the various strands of
since the sweater is too small, you could ravel the yarn out and make something else with it
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unraveling
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Their lack leaves us too much time to grow weary of Tara — whose unraveling under pressure is understandable, yet has an effect on the viewer more exhausting than empathy-inducing.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026 -
The college bargain that a generation of Americans was sold (borrow money, earn a degree, join the middle class) has been quietly unraveling for 20 years.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Raveling (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveling%20%28out%29. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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