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as in frayed
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 solved
to find an answer for through reasoning
unraveled the mystery
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Recent Examples of unraveled
From there, things unraveled fast.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Yet, as uproar over the shooting grew, videos of the incident spread and the administration's narrative unraveled, the White House changed course and adopted a more conciliatory approach.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 Jan. 2026
In fact, some of her face-framing braids were half-way unraveled, nodding to other braid trends like goddess braids and the hybrid sew-in bob.
—Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
The rest of 2025 unraveled with Coleman’s inconsistency despite a high snap count.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Under Alex Grinch, who followed Riley from Oklahoma, the Trojans unraveled on that end.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
The partnership unraveled in 2007 over what MacNeil alleged were defective mats.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
As a fraud scandal unraveled in Minnesota, revealing the theft of over $1 billion in taxpayer money in recent years, online activists decided to do their own sleuthing into some of Idaho’s own government subsidies.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
But as more details emerged, a plot unraveled.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Yet, as uproar over the shooting grew, videos of the incident spread and the administration's narrative unraveled, the White House changed course and adopted a more conciliatory approach.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 Jan. 2026
In fact, some of her face-framing braids were half-way unraveled, nodding to other braid trends like goddess braids and the hybrid sew-in bob.
—Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
The rest of 2025 unraveled with Coleman’s inconsistency despite a high snap count.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Under Alex Grinch, who followed Riley from Oklahoma, the Trojans unraveled on that end.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
The partnership unraveled in 2007 over what MacNeil alleged were defective mats.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
As a fraud scandal unraveled in Minnesota, revealing the theft of over $1 billion in taxpayer money in recent years, online activists decided to do their own sleuthing into some of Idaho’s own government subsidies.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
But as more details emerged, a plot unraveled.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unraveled
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The documents that Dooley was now handling were barely yellowed, their edges lightly frayed, the oak gall ink ranging from brown to black.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The rapper said he is committed and dedicated to repairing relationships frayed by his alleged manic episodes.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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The trip was prompted by a sourcing lag that could not be solved from afar.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some professors are treating wilting attention spans as a problem to be solved, not a reality to accept.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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Whether Meta will have much by way of new AI products that can generate revenue remains a major question, and one Zuckerberg hasn’t clearly answered.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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Barry’s little sister, who answered the call, was terrified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The filing underscores the administration’s position that immigration enforcement and foreign policy decisions cannot be disentangled from national security concerns and that all of those are solely under the federal government’s purview.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Jan. 2026
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No Spotify or Netflix exists for literature, where (other than with some exceptions, such as for vinyl collectors) the medium and the message are more easily disentangled, but the codex has endured for two millennia whereas the CD and the DVD lasted barely two decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
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Trauma teams use time stamps to log when an interventional need has been reported and when it is resolved using in-district and/or community resources.—
Connye Griffin,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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People are also pointing out a few plot points that aren’t resolved.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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In subsequent phases, the ICRC smoothed returns of the deceased, including 27 of 28 hostages and 360 Palestinians.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Winston Churchill’s memoirs smoothed these memories over, and this still misleads us.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Unraveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unraveled. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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