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Recent Examples of ravel
So somehow, Grace, Sacha and Robert end up accompanying Art and Charlotte to Norfolk, and all of their stories unravel and ravel at once.
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Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
Her eight novels, including the 2016 bestseller Commonwealth, tend to focus on families or groups raveling and unraveling over decades.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2019
Now, with many New Yorkers complaining that life in New York is raveling under Mr. Bloomberg’s progressive successor, Bill de Blasio, a top Bloomberg lieutenant is telling his version of how the city was revitalized.
—Edward Kosner, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2017
Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
Her eight novels, including the 2016 bestseller Commonwealth, tend to focus on families or groups raveling and unraveling over decades.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2019
Now, with many New Yorkers complaining that life in New York is raveling under Mr. Bloomberg’s progressive successor, Bill de Blasio, a top Bloomberg lieutenant is telling his version of how the city was revitalized.
—Edward Kosner, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravel
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But things quickly take a dark turn with the planet seeming to unravel.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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Trump’s entire economic agenda is contingent on the tax and spending bill’s passage at the same time the bill’s passage could trigger bond market vigilantes to unravel Trump’s entire economic agenda.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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On Fridays, employees would kick back after a long week for music and wine nights, unwinding to the soothing sounds of a rotating cast of colleagues playing the office piano late into the night.—
Karen Hao,
Wired News,
21 May 2025
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The star of Mugler’s Angel Stellar campaign shares her beauty secrets and favorite ways to unwind.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Such actions may well have suppressed both trade and foreign direct investment, although the declines in both are difficult to disentangle from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
ALLISON CARNEGIE,
Foreign Affairs,
14 May 2025
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Hogg claimed the vote can't be disentangled from his dispute with the party.—
Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
Verb
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That arrangement was always intended to be temporary, but for nearly two decades, the details of untangling such massive, important institutions have bedeviled three presidential administrations – including Trump’s first.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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In fact, Trump attempted to untangle Fannie and Freddie from US government control in 2019 during his first administration and failed. Fannie and Freddie essentially grease the wheels of America’s home lending market by buying mortgages from lenders and repackaging them for investors.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
21 May 2025
Verb
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What’s more, giving yourself space to rest and introspect could help you unsnarl a problem that’s been weighing you down lately.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2022
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Supply chains have started to unsnarl, and commodity prices for oil and some grains have dipped after surging amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.—
Jeanna Smialek,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2022
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“Ravel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravel. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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