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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
Verb
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As Beth, Louis-Dreyfus is filled with surface confidence and performs her writerly role with ease—until the smallest crack appears and her sense of self begins to quietly unravel.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Lucy Fry’s Rose, a woman haunted by trauma, ends up checking herself into an inn where reality seems to unravel, blurring the lines between past and present, and waking life and dreams.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
Verb
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The current administration has unwound certain HHS policy efforts that were put in motion by former President Biden.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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While some retail traders may score quick profits, history suggests such episodes of exuberance can quickly unwind, leaving latecomers nursing losses.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 July 2025
Verb
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These multiband images will help disentangle features like swirling gas and magnetic fields, painting a more dynamic, multidimensional portrait of black hole environments.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
19 June 2025
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Regulation could also help disentangle nutrition research from Big Food funding, Dr. Zeide says.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 June 2025
Verb
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Shapiro dexterously untangles the Gordian knot of their entwined passions, shared ambitions and business bottom lines.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Search and rescue teams are using heavy equipment to untangle and peel away layers of trees, unearth large rocks in riverbanks and move massive piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for the missing people.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 July 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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