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as in unraveled
to separate the various strands of
gently untangled the baby's hair
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as in freed
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
I was finally able to untangle myself from my credit problems
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Recent Examples of untangled
There remain other, muddled storylines across this LIV timeline that won’t get untangled.
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
One other question may be how easily his businesses may be untangled if the company is sold in pieces.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
They eventually were untangled, and the referees were convening at center ice when Tkachuk skated off the bench and toward the Red Wings penalty box to talk to Edvinsson.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Feb. 2026
At the end of Manchester City’s 2-1 recent win against Liverpool, as officials gradually untangled the bizarre late incident involving Erling Haaland and Dominik Szoboszlai, Neville informed viewers how close the game was to full time.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
This petite, chic travel jewelry case keeps necklaces untangled, prevents rings from drifting to the bottom of her carry-on, and secures earring posts from bending or breaking.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
North Crowley fell on it first, but when the pile was untangled, Allen tight end Jackson Hoppe had it.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Each is a kind of performance, Blue Cowboy implies, that can be untangled and revealed as a fiction but also contains something beautiful in its sustained gesture.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Each salmon must be untangled from the net one by one.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
One other question may be how easily his businesses may be untangled if the company is sold in pieces.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
They eventually were untangled, and the referees were convening at center ice when Tkachuk skated off the bench and toward the Red Wings penalty box to talk to Edvinsson.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Feb. 2026
At the end of Manchester City’s 2-1 recent win against Liverpool, as officials gradually untangled the bizarre late incident involving Erling Haaland and Dominik Szoboszlai, Neville informed viewers how close the game was to full time.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
This petite, chic travel jewelry case keeps necklaces untangled, prevents rings from drifting to the bottom of her carry-on, and secures earring posts from bending or breaking.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
North Crowley fell on it first, but when the pile was untangled, Allen tight end Jackson Hoppe had it.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Each is a kind of performance, Blue Cowboy implies, that can be untangled and revealed as a fiction but also contains something beautiful in its sustained gesture.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Each salmon must be untangled from the net one by one.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untangled
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He was also booted from his 30-room Windsor mansion as that scandal unraveled.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
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But after two good starts to this season, things unraveled for him, leading to the beginning of the end of his Twins’ tenure.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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In some ways this is like many postcolonial nations in the Global South, although Norway’s claims to being a postcolonial country recently freed from the shackles of foreign domination are difficult to sustain in the face of its treatment of indigenous people like the Sámi.—
Ola Morris Innset,
The Dial,
2 June 2026
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At least one person who had been held was freed, police told reporters at the scene.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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Veterinarians then assessed whether Meatloaf could be safely disentangled in the water or needed to be brought in for further care, Jaros said.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities.—
Amisha Padnani,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Kahanamoku not only saved lives using his surfboard that fateful day off Corona del Mar, but the use of rescue boards was adopted around the world in the following years because of that rescue.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Though locals were relieved to see that the basketball courts were saved, concerns over the redesign remained.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
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Those helping out include divers from several nations who took part in the complicated 2018 rescue in northern Thailand of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach who were trapped for more than two weeks in a cave before being safely extricated.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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They were trapped for more than two weeks in a cave before being safely extricated.—
Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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If the truth can set you free, Karamo Brown is completely liberated.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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He’s now liberated from the Browns, who started 17 different quarterbacks in his nine-year run with Cleveland.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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“Untangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untangled. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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