untangle

Example Sentences

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These and other snafus can happen, and they often take time and trouble to untangle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

To reduce the growing problem of plastic waste, researchers are trying to untangle how plastic travels from where it is used on land to where it ultimately ends up in the ocean.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 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

I felt the knots in my stomach untangle.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller