unravel
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As he’s watched the Kennedy Center drama unfold and arts infrastructure unravel, he said sitting among laughing audiences has been a balm — for himself and many others.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
The presumption that Dubai is a transient mirage, a Hollywood set built on sand that would unravel once the going gets tough, was no doubt shared in Tehran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Financial markets will be watching in the coming days to gauge whether the latest attack on a Chinese ally could cause the fragile trade truce between the U.S. and China to unravel.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
The underlying calculation is straightforward: that a worsening internal crisis could create the conditions for the Cuban Revolution to unravel from within.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
She’d written this code with the help of a supercomputer, and it would take a supercomputer to unravel it.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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