unravel
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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
The fallout continued to unravel until just a few hours before the match, when FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee released another statement pushing back on the criticism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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
She was so sleepy she had to fight to unravel her clothes and find where her feet and arms went.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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
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
When it unravels like that, the whole spectacle starts to feel pretty cruel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
She played the obsessive and troubled woman, Martha, who dramatically unravels onscreen.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
After that, what little sense of order there was unravels.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
At once pragmatic and playful, Anderson seems to be taking on the world these days like someone who’s unraveled a deeper mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
WSJ’s Tomas Navia investigates how the company unraveled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
I unraveled Martinez's bed and took the string outside, then taped it to the trailer hull along the path I planned to cut.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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 was not long before the friendship unravelled, as excuse followed excuse for why he was failing to give her the £40,000 back.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
World number one Aryna Sabalenka saw her French Open title hopes vanish as she completely unravelled in a crushing quarter-final defeat by Diana Shnaider in yet another shock result at this year's tournament.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 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
Things then unravelled, like a film of the events of the previous two decades being run backwards at high speed.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
The unraveling of Dr. Phil’s media venture was a blow to the celebrity therapist who built a reputation as one of the most trusted voices on television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
WSJ delved into the unraveling of an investing powerhouse that primarily bought stocks in the AI trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
On the ChatGPT timeline, nearly the same point coincides with Situational Awareness’s unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
“You have heard, of course, that the Ministry is conducting more raids,” said Mr. Malfoy, taking a roll of parchment from his inside pocket and unraveling it for Mr. Borgin to read.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
The pause follows nearly two weeks of daily US strikes and tit-for-tat attacks, effectively unravelling the ceasefire struck in June.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
McCullum's exit is the latest twist in the unravelling of the England Test team.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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
Does Prada want to coddle you in an unravelling world?
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
The tragedy of the war, on so many levels, and the apparent unravelling of the certainties of the previous century, elicited an unprecedented collective response from British composers.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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