untangle

Example Sentences

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The explanation is hard to untangle for those who aren’t true numerology zealots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

There will be a lot for investors to untangle on Thursday afternoon, when FedEx announces External link its fiscal third-quarter numbers.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

At the same time, they spread in different ways and can cause very different symptoms, making their evolutionary paths difficult to untangle.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Lizza casts himself as another savior, writing: “I had helped her untangle herself from an unusual relationship.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

At this, there was a rattle in the bushes, and Werfel appeared—“Hold, you scoundrel du Burgh!”—hopping on one leg, trying to untangle his bedsheets from the bushes.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin