variants
or ravelling
as in unraveling
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The climate crisis is unraveling the life cycles of wildlife around the world—by one estimate, for about half of all species.—
Marion Renault,
The Atlantic,
29 Sep. 2025 -
Stuck on the final chapter, with no inspiration in sight, Lorena’s life begins to mirror the unraveling universe around her.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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Airlines are taking their time unwinding the current consumer regulations.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Larry is happy to spend his days snoozing and unwinding at home.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 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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This premiere has a lot to take care of, introducing new threats while untangling the messy fallout from the season finale.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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With the help of resourceful Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), Bourne evades capture from the CIA — namely data analyst Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) and Deputy Director Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) — while untangling his involvement in the deadly Operation Treadstone.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Raveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raveling. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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