unraveling

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

When he talks, Parsons seems to be unraveling his thoughts as he verbalizes them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 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

The experience of the nonagency mortgage-backed securities market before the 2008 financial crisis shows how opacity can enable misrepresentations of asset quality, erode investor confidence and contribute to market unraveling.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

I grab my needles and start unraveling my last row, the one with the dropped stitch.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy