untwine
Example Sentences
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We know how these stories usually end once they untwine.
From Washington Times
The fierce grudges over historical persecution and a thousand perceived national and cultural slights cannot be untwined from the sports for many Koreans.
From Seattle Times
She untwined herself from the chair and trundled into the kitchen to retrieve a plaque she wanted to show.
From New York Times
But we don’t see the depths of Henry’s depravity until the closing scene, when he untwines all the potion’s lethal, creepy crawly ingredients and boils them into one huge, venomous spider.
From Los Angeles Times
They are two events in his life he will never be able to untwine.
From BBC
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