unravelled
Example Sentences
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It was an interesting choice to describe a player who’d unravelled a few nights before, but it felt like the correct read.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The nonpartisan specialists from CISA, backed by their FBI counterparts, explained they’d unravelled what had happened in Antrim County.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
The details of what happened to Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, unravelled in the media over several days.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
A proponent of nuclear negotiations, Larijani supported the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers which unravelled three years later after Trump withdrew the US from the accord.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 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
