untangle
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After managing to untangle him, Lee said it was a struggle to get him back to the surface as he was "much bigger than me".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The guest list is a useful reminder of how difficult it has been to untangle the world’s two largest economies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
He told the judge it would be impossible to untangle the two companies if they are allowed to combine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Attribution science seeks to untangle how much human-caused climate change shaped a specific heat wave, storm or flood, and its findings now shape litigation and policy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
They wipe it clean, untangle the snarl of wires, wash mud out of the earphone.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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In the tradition of the finest memoir writing, the author spares no one, herself least of all, as she untangles the bad from the good while still allowing for some tricky knots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025
"This work untangles some of the secrets and shows how N-terminal acetylation shape individual protein fate," Thomas Arnesen concludes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
"It is hard for the government to shore up economic growth unless it untangles the complex knot of weak confidence," said Gary Ng, senior economist at Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank.
From Reuters ● Jul. 31, 2023
The novel tells the story of a Texas-born working man unwittingly becoming a detective as he untangles a mystery that takes him to L.A.’s Black, white and Latino neighborhoods.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
Her eyes have been replaced by storm clouds, and she untangles her limbs from mine.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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“That innocuous little essay untangled some aching knot inside me,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In a sense, then, the alliance is held together by complex supply chains and contractual agreements that could not possibly be untangled overnight.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Pospisil landed on top of him, the players untangled themselves and play continued without a penalty call.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
"We haven't yet untangled whether these changes are reflective of brain pathology or whether they precipitate the disease."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024
I untangled the wires in my headlamp, put them together so the lamp worked, cut up the sled covering, and made a rough flag.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Therefore, it is up to us to do the internal work of untangling these contradictions.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Taking a stand will involve you untangling years of conditioning.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
A great interview for your evening dog walk: Anna Konkle had a difficult childhood, one that she’s still untangling.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
But a major challenge remained: untangling the criminal economy that had taken root in the mining region under Maduro’s rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
‘I can’t control them,’ he said, frantically untangling his harness.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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