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unravel

[uhn-rav-uhl] / ʌnˈræv əl /




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Unknown to Carley, the former private school teacher's dishonesty started to unravel at a drizzly Remembrance Day parade in Llandudno in 2024 – a year before he would be outed in national news.

From BBC

Jimmy Kimmel said he was surprised to win best talk series, before unravelling a comically long written acceptance speech.

From BBC

Understanding this connection could help clarify how diabetes treatments fit into cancer prevention and care, though further research is still needed to unravel the underlying biology.

From Science Daily

Ozempic revealed that a belief once thought broadly accepted had been held together more by pressure than by conviction, only to unravel once honesty felt safer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Facing an unraveling marriage, a middle-aged lawyer sets off on a road trip in the hopes of rediscovering his life’s meaning.

From The Wall Street Journal