untangle

Example Sentences

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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

To untangle the destructive conflation of church and state, evangelicals — the most partisan religious incarnation of White conservatives — must rethink their approach and their objectives.

From Washington Post

The legacy of colonialism and slavery is too vast and complicated for any one institution to untangle it, yet so far, this legacy has been addressed piecemeal.

From Washington Post

In the three years he delved into Egyptian art, Freer may not have untangled the country’s formidably lengthy, richly multicultural history.

From Washington Post