unravel
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The agreement began to unravel on Sunday when ships approaching the southern route received a warning from Iranian operators through a radio transmission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Many say the idyll began to unravel when New Delhi appointed civil servant Jayanti Ravi to head Auroville in 2021.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 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 risk is in how quickly it could unravel.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
She tries to smile around Taj and is trying hard not to let Dray unravel her.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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
A guy who only knows how to go for broke, and always doubles down when things go wrong, has to stick to his guns or the whole shtick unravels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
When it unravels like that, the whole spectacle starts to feel pretty cruel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
And I could picture her again: she unravels the carpet halfway each night so her hip isn’t against bare concrete as she lies on her side.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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
Female wasps began aggressively competing for dominance, and the colony's normal social structure quickly unraveled.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 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
His sweater had almost completely unraveled and it didn’t bother him.
From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo
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
But it all unravelled when a relative of Griffiths got wind of the sale after conveyancing paperwork was sent to their home.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Since then, however, the gains have largely unravelled.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 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
On the ChatGPT timeline, nearly the same point coincides with Situational Awareness’s unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 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
The unraveling of the truce sparked fresh fissures regionwide, involving unexpected places and combatants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The latest strikes, the second round in just 24 hours, were the starkest sign yet that efforts to clinch a permanent peace agreement are unraveling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“It’s unfortunate,” says the new bartender, “but the unraveling of the navigator made it clear that changes had to be made.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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
"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
‘Well, what have you done?’ said Frodo, getting impatient with the slow unravelling of Butterbur’s thoughts.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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