unravel

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“At this point, nobody knows how the conflict will unravel and what its long-term economic implications will be,” Glapinski said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta is asking a judge to unravel Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2-billion acquisition of rival TV station owner Tegna — the latest in a flurry of merger twists.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Financial markets will be watching in the coming days to gauge whether the latest attack on a Chinese ally could cause the fragile trade truce between the U.S. and China to unravel.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

There was fallout in markets on Monday from a viral piece of research that imagined a world where AI could erase many white-collar jobs and a “daisy-chain” of correlated AI bets could unravel.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

The sort of simple question that could completely unravel a complicated argument.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray