untangle

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This stark statement echoes throughout “The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine,” Ricardo Nuila’s attempt to untangle the labyrinthine system of American hospitals and, more crucially, American medical insurance.

From Washington Post

It may be very difficult to untangle yourself from the heart of the web you've spun.

From BBC

Instead of returning to work at school as she had planned, she stayed home for a year; she couldn’t bear to face condolences from colleagues, and she preferred to untangle her grief in solitude.

From New York Times

The decision should be applauded, even as a thicket of legal questions it raises remains to be untangled in the years ahead.

From Washington Post

To untangle this infernal web, Henk travels to Moscow, where he tumbles down a rabbit hole of misinformation and manipulation, political turmoil and thoroughly justified paranoia.

From Los Angeles Times