untangle

Example Sentences

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No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

But something in there was broken, which a senior engineer already behind on a deadline had to untangle, while Robin struggled to explain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

The rules and features of each are a lot for sleep-starved parents to untangle, but financial advisers have a general framework to help parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

The authors found that early squamate evolution involved a great deal of anatomical experimentation and convergent evolution, which helps explain why the earliest snake story has been so difficult to untangle from fossils alone.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

My life felt like it had been tied into a giant knot, one that would take a long time to untangle.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe