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- verb US Simple past tense and past participle of
unravel .
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Examples
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His plan to seek a full term unraveled amid legal troubles.
Paterson's Teachable Moment Jacob Gershman 2011
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It would be more accurate if the “Jobs” Obama is knitting was smaller than the “Jobs” unraveled from the private sector’s back.
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When Ron lifted the tractor bucket, the chain unraveled.
Archive 2010-09-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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When Ron lifted the tractor bucket, the chain unraveled.
Farm Journal: Testosterone Rush, Farm Safety and Nostalgia Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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Hess and the foreman spotted roof cracks and "unraveled" support structures, his report said.
Mine safety often a battle between regulators and companies 2010
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Hess and the foreman spotted roof cracks and "unraveled" support structures, his report said.
Mine safety often a battle between regulators and companies 2010
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HOLMES: And then it just kind of unraveled from there.
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S. O'BRIEN: Did it surprise you how quickly things kind of unraveled and became lawless really?
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Slowed by just one bogey over his first 49 holes of the tournament, Forsman's impressive weekend admittedly "unraveled" at the end, as he struggled with his putting and stumbled with three bogeys over his final five holes.
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He said the case against Davis had "unraveled," but even the shifting stories presented by witnesses may not prove sufficiently new and exculpatory to save Davis from execution.
Raw Story 2010
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