unwind

The unwind of bullish bets using borrowed money compounded the pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

After a tour around the country, what could be more relaxing than my colleagues’ suggestions about how to unwind this evening?

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

Still, there have been instances in which decisions by independent arbitrators contributed to a municipality’s economic challenges, and elected officials were unable to unwind the rulings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Like many others, Katie and Amy love reading books as a way to unwind from the stresses and pressures of every day life.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Gregor was trying to unwind that in his head when they landed next to the bats on the huge pillar of stone.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Piker’s mother unwinds on a recliner in the living room, watching her son’s stream on a wall-filling television, when El-Sayed’s race is certified.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

His own work showed that mark-to-market leverage unwinds faster than it builds — and hits the weakest hands hardest.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

Surging equity and property prices, rampant margin speculation and a central bank that tightened while the economy still looked strong produced one of the most spectacular unwinds in modern markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

A senior administration official Sunday detailed a three-part framework in which Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and disposes of its enriched uranium while the U.S. unwinds its blockade in Iranian ports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Out in the gardens, the daylight unwinds from the trees and still von Rumpel waits.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Markets saw a turbulent summer: the AI trade stumbled as semiconductor stocks fell, hedge fund Situational Awareness suffered a bruising decline and leveraged investors unwound their riskiest positions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“There is very little crowding risk embedded in the current sector leadership, and little dry powder being unwound against it,” they say.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

On the other hand, July registered a large drop in state and local education employment that might have been due more to calendar quirks than anything else, and so could be unwound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Horton last year, but unwound that not long after.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

I unwound that ribbon just enough so the first note with the statement Minerva and Sina had drafted slipped out.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

U.S. stocks are falling sharply, with the Nasdaq composite dropping more than 4%, as some of this year’s most popular AI trades are unwinding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

CVS Health plans to split its sprawling healthcare business, unwinding one of the most important healthcare deals of the 2010s.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

OPEC+ had kept production unchanged also for November, following the completion in September of the phased unwinding of 1.65 million barrels a day in voluntary production cuts agreed in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Despite these dynamics, GM reported third-quarter profits of $3.3 billion, more than double last year's level, which was marred by one-time costs connected to unwinding electric vehicle investments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

He was walking slowly, holding a sort of wheel in his hands—a spool from which he was unwinding a long string behind him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor