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After managing to untangle him, Lee said it was a struggle to get him back to the surface as he was "much bigger than me".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Letsch, the elder-law attorney in Iowa, said she often hears from families trying to untangle messes with farms because they’ve been given bad advice.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Our collective lives are like a tapestry of the adorable and the dreadful thrown together, and there’s no way to untangle the two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Attribution science seeks to untangle how much human-caused climate change shaped a specific heat wave, storm or flood, and its findings now shape litigation and policy.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

I untangle him, make him walk beside me.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

In the tradition of the finest memoir writing, the author spares no one, herself least of all, as she untangles the bad from the good while still allowing for some tricky knots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025

"This work untangles some of the secrets and shows how N-terminal acetylation shape individual protein fate," Thomas Arnesen concludes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023

"It is hard for the government to shore up economic growth unless it untangles the complex knot of weak confidence," said Gary Ng, senior economist at Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank.

From Reuters ● Jul. 31, 2023

Copper’s uncle untangles the mystery of the style’s creation, showing how Greek artists brought east by Alexander the Great took up Buddhist subjects, which turned the physical affirmations of their own work more mystically inward.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

There's a storm in her eyes, but she forces a smile and gently untangles her fingers from mine.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Unlike in three dimensions, those paths cannot simply be untangled afterward.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026

How can Mr. Warsh get the Fed untangled?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

In a sense, then, the alliance is held together by complex supply chains and contractual agreements that could not possibly be untangled overnight.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

His patience was steady as I cut cords and untangled myself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

Soon Alexander’s teeth were sunk into Beowulf’s pant leg, and the two were having a devil of a time getting untangled.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Therefore, it is up to us to do the internal work of untangling these contradictions.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Jenée Desmond-Harris offers advice on untangling this knotty disagreement.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

The novel follows Susan, a queer creative untangling the coulda, woulda, shoulda situationship that has spanned decades, while grappling with the reality of a career that dips and shifts in a changing media landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Taking a stand will involve you untangling years of conditioning.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

“Sorry,” I said, untangling strands of tinsel and not looking at either of them.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth