disentangle

To disentangle herself from Wagoner, she had to pay a seven figure legal settlement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

And then, he insisted one should disentangle the benefits from the risk, as if that’s even possible.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

"I was talking with other students who believe this technology can be used in swarm robotics -- where small robots can entangle, do a task and then disentangle when they are done," said Pezeshki.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026

Third, by demanding that plaintiffs disentangle race from politics, the court asks them to disprove the very structural reality that social network discrimination reveals.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

“I thought this belonged to that bloke Perkins at the Ministry?” he asked, starting to disentangle the tent pegs.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The researchers found it in much the same way that one disentangles a knot, by pulling on individual threads to see where they lead.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2024

Such a genetic signature was detected thanks to a new approach that disentangles 40,000 years of admixture and other confounding events.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024

A new study published today disentangles this link in mice, showing that speeding up a mouse’s heart rate made otherwise calm animals act more anxious.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 28, 2023

"Anyone who disentangles a whale would say that it's the best thing they've ever done," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2022

But Abby disentangles from Nick and walks toward me.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

Start with the claim that the tumor-shrinking effects of RP1 could not be disentangled from that of another immunotherapy that patients were taking concurrently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

We will now learn whether Sir Keir's decision-making can really be disentangled from McSweeney's in this way.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

Lauren Krasnoff, president of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Miami chapter, said Fortson’s race cannot be disentangled from discussion of the case when invoking the castle doctrine and Stand Your Ground.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024

No studies have disentangled the impact of these two possibilities, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2023

My mother disentangled herself from the scrimmage and grabbed a handkerchief from her purse.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

Late last year, she was reading a book called “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage,” about a woman disentangling the family finances after her husband of 20 years abruptly leaves her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026

Data from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation show transfers of state prison inmates to ICE custody have trended down since California began disentangling local and federal law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

But disentangling this chicken-egg arrangement must start somewhere.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024

On-the-ground workers fighting plastic pollution by disentangling seals estimated to Salon that roughly 70 percent of the debris they encounter is in some way linked to commercial fishing.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024

As darkness began its rapid descent, I took my chance when they thought I was disentangling nets deep down, and struck out underwater, away from the boat.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo