unravel
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But the informal truce began to unravel in July.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
This band of investigators diligently works to unravel what is perhaps the most unusual case yet in Ms. Penny’s series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
My fiancé and I were doing well with budgeting, but things started to unravel a bit after we moved to a new apartment in July.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Once you start pulling on this thread, the whole thing starts to unravel.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Joon immediately gets bored and begins to unravel the edge of the rug.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
“There is the very real risk that any deal unravels fairly quickly, as we saw with the memorandum of understanding.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
There is no chorus in Icke’s version, but the sentiment holds, as Oedipus unravels the puzzle of his identity with the same relentlessness that has brought him to the brink of electoral triumph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
She swipes her fingers across her eyes, and my brain just unravels.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
“Higher yields have unraveled some of the diversification that we saw this summer,” she added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
When the Situational Awareness fund unraveled last month, veterans on Wall Street saw it as the latest cautionary tale of hubris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
In Aviv’s view, Munro’s work accumulated power even as her family unraveled and her own unheroic passivity was exposed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
How could everything have come so fearfully and thoroughly unraveled?
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
It was the worst attack by the Houthis since a four-year truce in Yemen's long-running civil war unravelled in July.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
That has now unravelled with what began as a blog a couple of years ago escalating in recent weeks, with more journalists unpicking aspects of Arday's life story and asking questions.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
His comments come as a preliminary deal made in mid-June to stop fighting has unravelled, with negotiations for a permanent peace making little progress after Trump declared the agreement was "over" on 8 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Things that I had done but forgot came to life as she unravelled my past; some of these things nobody but myself knew.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
McCarthy’s unraveling marriage often kept him from responding to Bensky right away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Wall Street is betting on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh to keep a manic bond market from unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
But it now appears reports of the axis’ unraveling are exaggerated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
On the ChatGPT timeline, nearly the same point coincides with Situational Awareness’s unraveling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Now the subprime mortgage bond market appeared to be unraveling.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The question many have asked around Infantino's plan is tied into a separate - but critical - aspect of the fundamental reasons behind this week unravelling.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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
But a penalty for speeding in the pit lane led to his race unravelling.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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
I come to ask for counsel and the unravelling of hard words.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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