disentangle

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But these latest emails will once again raise questions over whether they can disentangle themselves from their parents' mess.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Those who study the root causes of crime say that it may take years, if not decades, to disentangle the causes of the pandemic-era surge in violence and the precipitous drop that has followed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

"Investigating such rare familial clusters offers a rare window into the polygenic inheritance of resilience and may help disentangle the genetic and epigenetic contributions to extreme longevity," notes Dr. de Castro.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

But the more we rely on this power, the more our rivals aim to disentangle their economies from our own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Everybody was beginning slowly and painfully to disentangle himself from everybody else.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl