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
No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
But something in there was broken, which a senior engineer already behind on a deadline had to untangle, while Robin struggled to explain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
At this, there was a rattle in the bushes, and Werfel appeared—“Hold, you scoundrel du Burgh!”—hopping on one leg, trying to untangle his bedsheets from the bushes.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
"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
Copper’s uncle untangles the mystery of the style’s creation, showing how Greek artists brought east by Alexander the Great took up Buddhist subjects, which turned the physical affirmations of their own work more mystically inward.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
In “Silverview,” le Carré untangles the life of Edward Avon, a sly former intelligence field agent emotionally scarred from harrowing experiences during the Bosnian conflict.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2021
Someone starts a slow clap, and Abby untangles our hands to join in.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
How can Mr. Warsh get the Fed untangled?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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
His patience was steady as I cut cords and untangled myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
Pospisil landed on top of him, the players untangled themselves and play continued without a penalty call.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
A few hours later, with the moon still visible in the gray-blue morning sky, I gently untangled Zu’s fingers from the front of my dress and slipped out of the bed.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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 great interview for your evening dog walk: Anna Konkle had a difficult childhood, one that she’s still untangling.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
A new study introduces a genome-wide approach for untangling these complex genetic histories.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
They ran straight to Francesca, who was busy untangling the kittens wound around her right leg.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
