untangle
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But the American guest list is a useful reminder of how difficult it has been to untangle the world’s two largest economies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
He told the judge it would be impossible to untangle the two companies if they are allowed to combine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Attribution science seeks to untangle how much human-caused climate change shaped a specific heat wave, storm or flood, and its findings now shape litigation and policy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
I untangle myself out of Chris’s arms and crawl to the foot of the bed.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
In writing about the ways folks hold together during difficult times, Trías untangles the myths and realities of resilience.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
"This work untangles some of the secrets and shows how N-terminal acetylation shape individual protein fate," Thomas Arnesen concludes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
"It is hard for the government to shore up economic growth unless it untangles the complex knot of weak confidence," said Gary Ng, senior economist at Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank.
From Reuters ● Jul. 31, 2023
Like a particularly sharp country song, it takes cliches and untangles and renews them.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
There's a storm in her eyes, but she forces a smile and gently untangles her fingers from mine.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Unlike in three dimensions, those paths cannot simply be untangled afterward.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
Ultimately, Zoom founder Eric Yuan and his team untangled many obstacles that blocked smooth, cheap videoconferencing, launching early versions of their service in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
In a sense, then, the alliance is held together by complex supply chains and contractual agreements that could not possibly be untangled overnight.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Pospisil landed on top of him, the players untangled themselves and play continued without a penalty call.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
With fingers unused to such tasks, he untangled my hair and brushed it until my head ached.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Therefore, it is up to us to do the internal work of untangling these contradictions.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Jenée Desmond-Harris offers advice on untangling this knotty disagreement.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Taking a stand will involve you untangling years of conditioning.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
But a major challenge remained: untangling the criminal economy that had taken root in the mining region under Maduro’s rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I follow her, take the knotted pile of lights on the ground, and start untangling them.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
