unravel
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitríona Balfe, Kit Connor and Fred Hechinger star as members of a struggling family that begins to unravel after the mother disappears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Very quickly, things started to unravel in what would be a seven-year struggle to keep the business afloat.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Once you start pulling on this thread, the whole thing starts to unravel.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Writing about both Samsung and SK Hynix in a note to clients Wednesday, Gavekal Research analyst Udith Sikand said it’s premature to claim the semiconductor boom’s fundamentals are starting to unravel.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
I knew when the trail became tough, she would be the one to unravel it.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
The 24-time major winner, now 39, physically unravels in a stunning first-round loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
The pressure is truly on with five games remaining as the campaign unravels at a crucial juncture.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Through some inventive structures and a playful rewiring of romantic tropes going back to Homer, Groff stitches together a portrait of a marriage that she then carefully unravels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Every portion of itself unravels, unwinds, undoes, and re-forms into something else.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
“Higher yields have unraveled some of the diversification that we saw this summer,” she added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
A decade of ambition that had initially pushed the West Coast Power Five league to the forefront of college sports had unraveled in a blizzard of criticism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The situation unraveled just as Paul was poised to make her debut as the heroine of the 22nd season of “The Bachelorette.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The discussions, however, unraveled after Pernod and Brown-Forman couldn’t agree on a price or how to divide representation on the combined company’s board, according to people familiar with the discussions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The bandages were unraveled from the horse’s legs.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
It was the worst attack by the Houthis since a four-year truce in Yemen's long-running civil war unravelled in July.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
That has now unravelled with what began as a blog a couple of years ago escalating in recent weeks, with more journalists unpicking aspects of Arday's life story and asking questions.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Things that I had done but forgot came to life as she unravelled my past; some of these things nobody but myself knew.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Wall Street is betting on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh to keep a manic bond market from unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
But now — as this year’s “super” El Niño gains strength — some researchers say they are getting closer to unraveling the mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
We lead today with new reporting on the unraveling of Situational Awareness, detailing how its wunderkind founder Leopold Aschenbrenner forged close ties with tech’s top players even as he rankled some of his own bosses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
On the ChatGPT timeline, nearly the same point coincides with Situational Awareness’s unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The clock was always punishing, but feeling like I was closer to unraveling the knots made time seem to stop entirely on Tuesday.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
McCullum's exit is the latest twist in the unravelling of the England Test team.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Brendon McCullum has been sacked as Test coach in another staggering twist in the unravelling of the England team.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
He reached the base of the columns and squinted up at Coach Hedge, who was precariously perched at the feet of the Athena Parthenos, unravelling ropes and knotting a ladder.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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