unravelled
Example Sentences
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It was an interesting choice to describe a player who’d unravelled a few nights before, but it felt like the correct read.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
But the alliance soon unravelled as they pursued divergent political agendas.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
The nonpartisan specialists from CISA, backed by their FBI counterparts, explained they’d unravelled what had happened in Antrim County.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
They formed a powerful political alliance which has since spectacularly unravelled.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Things then unravelled, like a film of the events of the previous two decades being run backwards at high speed.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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