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as in fraying
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 solving
to find an answer for through reasoning
unraveled the mystery
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Recent Examples of unraveling
The deal that built the modern internet is quietly unraveling, and most business leaders have not noticed yet.
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Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The center was designed as a hub for change, but as that change is debated and celebrated, the retail fabric that longtime residents have relied on is quietly unraveling.
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Yunus Emre Tozal,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
To most onlookers, the contradictions may seem like confusion, bad faith or evidence that the agreement is already unraveling.
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Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
25 June 2026
Local officials in the El Paso suburb of Socorro also announced that plans for their own facility were unraveling.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Plans also are unraveling in Social Circle, Georgia, and the El Paso suburb of Socorro, local officials said.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
In one of his rougher outings of the season, Meyer showed his ability to steady himself in the middle and prevent a game from unraveling, the kind of adversity every starting pitcher is guaranteed to face at some point.
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Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2026
Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola Estranged eldest sister Sola Longe returns home to Chicago in secret after her public downfall, just as each of her siblings is quietly unraveling in their own way.
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
The Pepsi-tampering mystery was unraveling today as several claims of objects found in soda cans were pronounced hoaxes.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The center was designed as a hub for change, but as that change is debated and celebrated, the retail fabric that longtime residents have relied on is quietly unraveling.
—
Yunus Emre Tozal,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
To most onlookers, the contradictions may seem like confusion, bad faith or evidence that the agreement is already unraveling.
—
Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
25 June 2026
Local officials in the El Paso suburb of Socorro also announced that plans for their own facility were unraveling.
—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Plans also are unraveling in Social Circle, Georgia, and the El Paso suburb of Socorro, local officials said.
—
ABC News,
23 June 2026
In one of his rougher outings of the season, Meyer showed his ability to steady himself in the middle and prevent a game from unraveling, the kind of adversity every starting pitcher is guaranteed to face at some point.
—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2026
Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola Estranged eldest sister Sola Longe returns home to Chicago in secret after her public downfall, just as each of her siblings is quietly unraveling in their own way.
—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
The Pepsi-tampering mystery was unraveling today as several claims of objects found in soda cans were pronounced hoaxes.
—
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unraveling
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The same fear of a fraying dollar system is driving Russia and others toward bitcoin and pushing Wall Street to treat which reserve asset wins as a live question.
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And that net of community health workers who serve as links between families and this lifesaving treatment is fraying.
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So solving the trade talent gap means producing more journeymen.
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Nature, however, has been solving this problem for millions of years.
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The fundamental goal of the 1787 Constitution was to establish a republican form of government — and that meant disentangling the traditional powers of the monarch and placing them in different branches of government.
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Embedded in a patriarchal family within an oppressive society, Mrie faces the challenge of disentangling herself from both.
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In my view, an especially helpful approach to answering such questions is to revisit the towering but neglected influence of the French philosopher Montesquieu on the founding of this country.
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In practice, this means deliberately re-engaging in small, concrete activities, such as a short walk, a shower or answering one message, specifically because those actions are small enough to complete even at low motivation.
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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.
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Owners and employees spend time troubleshooting systems, managing updates, resolving compatibility issues and maintaining multiple vendor relationships.
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But the president's signature blockade has now delayed the overwhelmingly bipartisan housing bill, which both parties were hoping to use as an example of resolving the affordability crisis.
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Disability organisations including The Arc and the Council for Exceptional Children have warned the change risks shifting special education from an education framework to a medical one, undoing decades of progress toward integration in schools.
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Sitting on the Same Edge Every Day Rotating your mattress regularly aims to prevent uneven wear—but your morning routine might be undoing that effort.
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So when a diabetic patient develops gastroparesis, untangling whether the drug or the disease is responsible is genuinely difficult.
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Navy excels at untangling human emotions and picking through them without being didactic or moralistic.
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“Unraveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unraveling. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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