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come undone



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Yet that same bundle can quickly come undone.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026

A kitchen cabinet had come undone, and I needed a bracket and some glue to piece it back together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

In the past, City's title challenge has come undone due to inconsistency or injures to key players such as Khadija Shaw, Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

The movie, directed by Trey Edward Shults, is a fictionalized odyssey through a version of The Weeknd suffering from a bout of insomnia during a world tour, causing his sanity to come undone.

From Salon ● May 19, 2025

Laila had watched Mammy come undone that day and it had scared her, but she hadn’t felt any true sorrow.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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