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View definitions for unravel

unravel

verb as in solve

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verb as in untangle

verb as in unfold

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The federal affidavit says authorities tapped Nania’s phones as detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department worked with FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agents to unravel drug networks in the harbor area.

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The Australian's grand prix unravelled even before the lights went out as he jumped the start and had to stop again before getting under way.

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How viscerally satisfying to scream “Head like a hole, black as your soul / I’d rather die than give you control” as American life seems to unravel with each passing hour.

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Instead of a grand vehicle for himself, he chose a small domestic drama adapted from Judith Guest’s novel, about a family unraveling after loss.

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“I didn’t make this to tell a story of descent or unraveling,” he says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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