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as in to fray
to separate the various strands of
it took us forever to unravel the jumbled mass of Christmas tree lights
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as in to solve
to find an answer for through reasoning
unraveled the mystery
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Recent Examples of unravel
To find her way home, Tashia must unravel the mystery, gather clues and uncover the secrets behind the market’s residents and their untimely deaths.
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 June 2026
However, their relationship quickly unraveled after their arrests.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Why The Monolithic Agent Breaks In practice, this is usually the point where pilots start to unravel.
—Praveen Satyanarayana, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The game unraveled in the eighth.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 June 2026
However, their relationship quickly unraveled after their arrests.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Why The Monolithic Agent Breaks In practice, this is usually the point where pilots start to unravel.
—Praveen Satyanarayana, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The game unraveled in the eighth.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unravel
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The commercial-grade knitted fabric is designed to resist tearing and fraying.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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No matter what style Barnes is toying with, their antenna perks up when relationships start to fray.—
Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2026
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Addressing reporters for the first time since The Associated Press projected a November runoff between her and Mayor Karen Bass, Raman said residents are losing faith in the city’s ability to solve even basic problems and are demanding a different approach.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
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Making a neurological diagnosis feels like solving a mystery, and the diseases typically leave a trace.—
Adeline Goss,
New Yorker,
11 June 2026
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So when a diabetic patient develops gastroparesis, untangling whether the drug or the disease is responsible is genuinely difficult.—
Ryan Brennan
June 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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Navy excels at untangling human emotions and picking through them without being didactic or moralistic.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
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The internally handled calls documenting how the detention center resolved concerns relayed by 911 dispatchers were not available to the Herald.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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The City Council resolved in February to limit future Foothills annexation.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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The single-system design would be costly to disentangle — if possible at all.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Veterinarians then assessed whether Meatloaf could be safely disentangled in the water or needed to be brought in for further care, Jaros said.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Blue Jays answered with two-out RBI hits by Kazuma Okamoto in the third and Nathan Lukes in the fourth.—
CBS New York Team,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Whether the chaperone can keep up is the question the next year will answer.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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In a feat of precision physics, researchers from Cornell and Stanford Universities have filmed atoms twisting and untwisting in perfect sync, a choreography that unfolds in just a trillionth of a second.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Nov. 2025
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How to unsnarl the emotions that play tug-of-war with our souls?—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Unravel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unravel. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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