disentangle

Example Sentences

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But these latest emails will once again raise questions over whether they can disentangle themselves from their parents' mess.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

"Investigating such rare familial clusters offers a rare window into the polygenic inheritance of resilience and may help disentangle the genetic and epigenetic contributions to extreme longevity," notes Dr. de Castro.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

But the more we rely on this power, the more our rivals aim to disentangle their economies from our own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

“There's this thing that we all have called personal subjective consciousness, and that becomes hard to disentangle from the concept of self.”

From Salon • May 26, 2025

People you have a history with, they won’t let you go, and as hard as you might try, you can’t disentangle yourself, can’t set yourself free.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins