as in unraveling
to separate the various strands of
untwisted the ball of thread
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unraveling
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But behind the scenes, his health was unraveling.—
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As this horrible incident was unraveling, details were quickly disseminated by a handful of local journalists on social media.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
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15 Sep. 2025
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“Untwisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untwisting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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