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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
But not long after achieving mainstream respectability, Kelly’s career unraveled abruptly.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
The scheme unraveled after that discovery, leading to her termination and a broader criminal investigation involving multiple agencies.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Yet even this contradictory approach seems to have unraveled as soon as the war started.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
Everything unraveled from there.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
But in December 2025, DeArcy Hall unraveled Jordan’s conviction and acquitted him, while upholding the verdict against Washington.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
But the partnership unraveled when Arena used AI for sponsored content on Sports Illustrated’s website, which sounded alarm bells at the esteemed publication.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
But the web of circumstantial evidence slowly unraveled.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
The Senate bill was approved early Friday but quickly unraveled when House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected it.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
The scheme unraveled after that discovery, leading to her termination and a broader criminal investigation involving multiple agencies.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Yet even this contradictory approach seems to have unraveled as soon as the war started.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
Everything unraveled from there.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
But in December 2025, DeArcy Hall unraveled Jordan’s conviction and acquitted him, while upholding the verdict against Washington.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
But the partnership unraveled when Arena used AI for sponsored content on Sports Illustrated’s website, which sounded alarm bells at the esteemed publication.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
But the web of circumstantial evidence slowly unraveled.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
The Senate bill was approved early Friday but quickly unraveled when House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected it.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unraveled
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The coalition of supporters that made this strategy work has frayed, and new research is raising concerns about the health impact of regular cannabis use.—
William Garriott,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
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Election victor Péter Magyar, a former Orbán loyalist who campaigned against corruption and on everyday issues like health care and public transport, has pledged to rebuild Hungary’s relationships with the European Union and NATO — ties that frayed under Orbán.—
Justin Spike,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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The question Price solved—or prompted ChatGPT to solve—concerns special sets of whole numbers, where no number in the set can be evenly divided by any other.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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Those two things need to be solved together or they won’t be solved, and the clock is ticking rapidly.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2026
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Van der Veen, who was in the audience, answered the call.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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None of them answered the questions posed by lawmakers.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
22 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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Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities.—
Amisha Padnani,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Then with Christos Mantoulidis and Felix Schulze, Chodosh resolved a key problem in the geometric analysis of minimal surfaces, such as a soap film spanning a wire loop.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement resolved that issue on April 3 by detaining Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and Sarinasadat Hosseiny, the niece and grandniece of the late Iranian commander.—
Danielle Pletka,
Washington Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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The looming canyon nearly obscures sunlight, and sinuous, layered stone reveals warm burgundy, grey, and violet striations smoothed by centuries of flooding.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Fronting the glittering waters of the Atlantic, the Louis XIII-style promenade is currently undergoing a multi-million-dollar renewal, its granite tiles buffed and smoothed, vegetation planted, and its sea lions by sculptor José Fioravanti returned to their former glory.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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