unravel
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Once you start pulling on this thread, the whole thing starts to unravel.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
"It wasn't until the horse arrived back at home that it all started to unravel."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Because WGA has separately sued to unravel the deal, Paramount has asked the judge to have the union post a bond to cover some of the costs, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Writing about both Samsung and SK Hynix in a note to clients Wednesday, Gavekal Research analyst Udith Sikand said it’s premature to claim the semiconductor boom’s fundamentals are starting to unravel.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
“If things start to unravel, at least Ashley and Tevin are old enough to call us.”
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
“There is the very real risk that any deal unravels fairly quickly, as we saw with the memorandum of understanding.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Those positions give the countries bargain power, especially as farmers have already been hit by last year’s tariffs, losing share to Brazil that could gain even more share if the pact unravels.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
She played the obsessive and troubled woman, Martha, who dramatically unravels onscreen.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
We wander back wet, down to Castillo Square, down to the ghosts of Bar Milano, a stand-in for Bar Torino, and Café Suizo, where the fiesta unravels in insults, a love polygon and fisticuffs.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
A story is a seam in a dress—some days it unravels.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Then last month, just two days before his wedding, Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund unraveled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
When the Situational Awareness fund unraveled last month, veterans on Wall Street saw it as the latest cautionary tale of hubris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In Aviv’s view, Munro’s work accumulated power even as her family unraveled and her own unheroic passivity was exposed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The attack quickly unraveled when Mangubat revealed she was engaged and actively planning her wedding.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
The climbing roses unraveled from the trees like snakes and slithered quicker than a lightning strike toward the Nightbeast.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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
His finances unravelled after having to give up well-paid work in construction after suffering problems with his eyesight.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
US President Donald Trump had a close relationship with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer - until it unravelled over disagreements on the war in Iran.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
It came after she unravelled as increasing winds on Court Philippe Chatrier caused havoc for her - also a factor when she lost to American Coco Gauff last year.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 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 unraveling of Dr. Phil’s media venture was a blow to the celebrity therapist who built a reputation as one of the most trusted voices on television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
On the ChatGPT timeline, nearly the same point coincides with Situational Awareness’s unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
But his life had been unraveling long before then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The latest strikes, the second round in just 24 hours, were the starkest sign yet that efforts to clinch a permanent peace agreement are unraveling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Jenna wrapped an unraveling thread from her T-shirt around her index finger.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
She says she felt like everything was "unravelling" when she hit crisis point.
From BBC ● May 27, 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
And Barrett's glamorous life appears to be unravelling.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
I come to ask for counsel and the unravelling of hard words.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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