unravel
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My fiancé and I were doing well with budgeting, but things started to unravel a bit after we moved to a new apartment in July.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitríona Balfe, Kit Connor and Fred Hechinger star as members of a struggling family that begins to unravel after the mother disappears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Very quickly, things started to unravel in what would be a seven-year struggle to keep the business afloat.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Once you start pulling on this thread, the whole thing starts to unravel.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Like her I unravel my story, and the longer the thread, the less there is left to tell.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
When it unravels like that, the whole spectacle starts to feel pretty cruel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
A failed breakout of that nature, especially one that unravels quickly, would be a meaningful bearish signal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
She played the obsessive and troubled woman, Martha, who dramatically unravels onscreen.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
There is no chorus in Icke’s version, but the sentiment holds, as Oedipus unravels the puzzle of his identity with the same relentlessness that has brought him to the brink of electoral triumph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
The road descends into the Rift, cutting across wrinkled knees of bluffs, until it hits bottom and unravels on a savanna dotted with acacia trees.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
“Higher yields have unraveled some of the diversification that we saw this summer,” she added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
A decade of ambition that had initially pushed the West Coast Power Five league to the forefront of college sports had unraveled in a blizzard of criticism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Houthis had remained largely on the sidelines of the current war between the U.S. and Iran until a ceasefire in Yemen unraveled in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A brief Treasury-market rally that followed Warsh’s first press conference at the Fed’s helm in June also unraveled.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
I’m sorry, Alby, he thought as he unraveled the thick vine from his chest.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
But his plot unravelled again, and Potier was sentenced to 12 years behind bars.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It was the worst attack by the Houthis since a four-year truce in Yemen's long-running civil war unravelled in July.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
In 2025, the Australian for a large part of the year appeared on course for a first world title, until his season unravelled somewhat in the final third.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
On it, smart cameras installed around his home relayed images of his house, now under clear blue skies, with the hosepipe in the yard unravelled where he left it.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Even so, I kept worrying that one of the strings would come unravelled and a single balloon would sail off up into that cloudy sky.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
The twisty nightmare, told through multiple perspectives, depicts the unraveling of a suburban town after a group of schoolchildren all mysteriously leave their houses at the same time and disappear into the night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
But one is surely coming, and the unraveling of the long-term bond market is raising the chances that one is imminent.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
WSJ delved into the unraveling of an investing powerhouse that primarily bought stocks in the AI trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
On the ChatGPT timeline, nearly the same point coincides with Situational Awareness’s unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
“It’s unfortunate,” says the new bartender, “but the unraveling of the navigator made it clear that changes had to be made.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Brendon McCullum has been sacked as Test coach in another staggering twist in the unravelling of the England team.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
"No adversary should mistake our current restraint with a lack of resolve," General Dan Caine told reporters, amid fears the current US-Iranian ceasefire is unravelling.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
"Our home honestly felt like it was unravelling," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Does Prada want to coddle you in an unravelling world?
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Only so much could be done about her hair without shea butter and a good comb, but she at least tried to redo some of the unravelling twists.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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