unraveling

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“Summer of Freedom” is mostly social history, paying close attention to the unraveling alliance of the wartime Allies, whose diplomacy morphs quickly from solidarity against fascism into bitter Cold War rivalries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

In Bunnie’s 2026 memoir, “Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic,” she wrote about Jelly Roll’s 10-month affair in 2018 and her subsequent emotional unraveling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

But progress is slow, highlighting the difficulty of unraveling a dependency that has persisted for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

White working-class and precarious middle-class voters were alarmed not only at the upending of the racial caste system but also at what they saw as an unraveling of society in general.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

You can’t extract the meaning without unraveling the deeper meaning.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien