unthread

Definition of unthreadnext

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Verb
  • There, by definition, each match has to have a winner and a loser, so any match that ends in a draw proceeds to two 15-minute periods of overtime, and, if that fails to untie the score, a penalty kick shootout.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Because you can't get untied every time.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead.
    Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
  • Usher followed — reportedly only after unlacing his skates first — and allegedly went to meet Brown & Co. behind some buses parked outside.
    Vulture, Vulture, 8 May 2023
Verb
  • Horse Lords have always dealt in paradox, making tightly wound music that’s constantly uncoiling, fashioning propulsive riffs out of static, theoretical material, assembling sublimity from exposed nerves and raw, twitchy fibers.
    Reed Jackson, SPIN, 12 June 2026
  • If one were to uncoil the long history of US engagement with Latin America, from the halls of Montezuma to the cells of CECOT, what was the most successful period?
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Then unroll the towel and allow the suit to dry flat.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 June 2026
  • And then you're supposed to unroll this cake.
    Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Well, Ariana seems to remember, whereas Hudson is determined to just undo the breakup and pretend like none of it ever happened.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 July 2026
  • 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.
    Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Congress should fully unwind the settlement as quickly as possible and then ensure that similar presidential self-dealing can't be attempted again.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Emirates is giving you a new luxe space to unwind ahead of your time in the skies.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • In nearly eight years, the Republican has appointed nearly 60 percent of the state’s 418 justices, installing judges who will oversee murder trials, reshape constitutional law, and unknot thorny civil litigation for years, if not decades, to come.
    Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
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“Unthread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthread. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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