as in unraveling
to separate the various strands of
untwined his shoelaces
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unraveling
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But tensions between the factions and the two Gulf nations appear to be unraveling the coalition, threatening to throw them into outright conflict and further tear apart the Arab world’s poorest country.—
Ahmed Al-Haj,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026 -
Mary Bronstein’s film stars Rose Byrne as a Long Island mom unraveling while dealing with her daughter’s mysterious stomach ailment.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Untwining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untwining. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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