untangle
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Letsch, the elder-law attorney in Iowa, said she often hears from families trying to untangle messes with farms because they’ve been given bad advice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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
But Mr. McElwee isn’t under the impression that he can definitely solve the mysteries of his son’s psychology, or untangle and understand every step of his dissolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
My hands tremble a little as I untangle the ancient lights from one another.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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
The novel tells the story of a Texas-born working man unwittingly becoming a detective as he untangles a mystery that takes him to L.A.’s Black, white and Latino neighborhoods.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
Celia washes her daughter’s hair over the kitchen sink then untangles it with a broken comb.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
When Emanuel fell ill in 1988, Emanuel’s son Jim and Jim’s wife Trudy stepped in, untangled the tax mess, and guided the company out of bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
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
James caused just enough of a distraction that Reid missed, the Lakers pushing the other way and scoring as James untangled himself from a collapsed row of chairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
"We haven't yet untangled whether these changes are reflective of brain pathology or whether they precipitate the disease."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024
By the time they untangled her, they heard Dallas calling from the opposite hillside, beyond the tickle-violets and picnic tree.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Jenée Desmond-Harris offers advice on untangling this knotty disagreement.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
The novel follows Susan, a queer creative untangling the coulda, woulda, shoulda situationship that has spanned decades, while grappling with the reality of a career that dips and shifts in a changing media landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Taking a stand will involve you untangling years of conditioning.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
A new study introduces a genome-wide approach for untangling these complex genetic histories.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
Sunday afternoons he squatted on the aft deck of his boat, silently and methodically untangling his gill net or knitting its flaws up patiently.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
