unravel
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Walsh tried to unravel his defence, at one stage focusing heavily on the meeting with Complainant B in the late 1990s.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
One of Greenspan’s most enduring legacies at the Fed was the way in which the dour and bespectacled New Yorker helped unravel the central bank’s mystique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
The second order, on post-quantum cryptography, addresses a looming vulnerability: the rise of quantum computers powerful enough to unravel the public-key cryptography underpinning secure web browsing and blockchain networks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Gold bars valued at $40 million threaten to unravel the CIA’s secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The sort of simple question that could completely unravel a complicated argument.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Those positions give the countries bargain power, especially as farmers have already been hit by last year’s tariffs, losing share to Brazil that could gain even more share if the pact unravels.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Still, this could change if the U.S.-Iran deal unravels or fails to prevent another summer energy spike, Smith says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The pressure is truly on with five games remaining as the campaign unravels at a crucial juncture.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
After stealing focus in everything from “Bridesmaids” to “Insidious,” Rose Byrne unravels beautifully in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” a bold, career-best turn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
All the tension in my chest unravels, and I sit down, heaving a sigh.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
It’s the latest protest case that has unraveled for the U.S. attorney’s office in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
A brief Treasury market rally that followed Warsh’s first press conference at the Fed’s helm in June also unraveled.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
The attack quickly unraveled when Mangubat revealed she was engaged and actively planning her wedding.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Brown’s flying career unraveled as well, after a 2016 confrontation during a UPS flight to China from Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
They were against anything that unraveled the alliance.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
On it, smart cameras installed around his home relayed images of his house, now under clear blue skies, with the hosepipe in the yard unravelled where he left it.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Griffiths' lies unravelled when he agreed to buy a £650,000 house in Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan in order to be closer to his place of work.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
It came after she unravelled as increasing winds on Court Philippe Chatrier caused havoc for her - also a factor when she lost to American Coco Gauff last year.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
It was an interesting choice to describe a player who’d unravelled a few nights before, but it felt like the correct read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Even so, I kept worrying that one of the strings would come unravelled and a single balloon would sail off up into that cloudy sky.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Plus, Spain regains control of Ceuta after migrants overrun it, and we go inside the unraveling of Situational Awareness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The unraveling of the Situational Awareness hedge fund has inspired comparisons with Long-Term Capital Management, a legendary hedge fund that failed in spectacular fashion in 1998.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
On the ChatGPT timeline, nearly the same point coincides with Situational Awareness’s unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
But his life had been unraveling long before then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
She watched her pass through the living room and the dining room—the rugs unraveling and the table splintering and the paintings on the walls turning to dust.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
"I believe that it is highly unlikely that a statutory inquiry would be able to make further progress on unravelling the technical aspects of the programme failure," he said.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
"No adversary should mistake our current restraint with a lack of resolve," General Dan Caine told reporters, amid fears the current US-Iranian ceasefire is unravelling.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
But that is only one of many rule complexities that have followed, and unravelling them to improve qualifying without affecting the perceived positive impacts on racing will not be easy.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Does Prada want to coddle you in an unravelling world?
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
The tragedy of the war, on so many levels, and the apparent unravelling of the certainties of the previous century, elicited an unprecedented collective response from British composers.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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