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- verb Present participle of
unsnarl .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
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Examples
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But then more people looked at the facts, and they found what she, and we, found: That congestion pricing is a market-based solution to unsnarling the traffic tie-ups that sap $13 billion a year from our regional economy and foul the air we breathe.
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Nylan scrambled through the mid-level powernet, cooling feedback, and unsnarling the energy loop from the second fusactor, always more sensitive to field effects.
Fall of Angels Modesitt, L. E. 1996
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She was fearful of exposing her unhappy heart, and she had withal some vague hope of unsnarling the tangled skein when she should find opportunity to think.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various
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Things were badly messed up that night many times and no one envied the M.P. 's their job of unsnarling the mix-ups.
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A 14-minute single-shot film, it depicts the hands of Mr. Allan, the painter and an avid fisherman, unsnarling a vexingly snarled fishing reel, evoking the virtue of patience.
NYT > Home Page By BRUCE WEBER 2012
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Tough issues such as unsnarling the regional transportation network, accommodating an increasingly diverse population and expanding
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This time, any type of bailout -- whether it's straight cash or a new bill the industry wants -- absolutely must be tied to industry changes that keep families who can pay in their houses while legally unsnarling the foreclosures of those who cannot.
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BAGHDAD - Iraqi political leaders took a step closer Friday to unsnarling the nation's seven-month political gridlock, according to a key Kurdish negotiator who cited a tentative deal that would keep Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power.
FOXNews.com 2010
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Iraqi political leaders took a step closer Friday to unsnarling the nation's seven-month political gridlock, according to a key Kurdish negotiator who cited a tentative deal that would keep Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power.
SFGate: Top News Stories By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA 2010
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This time, any type of bailout -- whether it's straight cash or a new bill the industry wants -- absolutely must be tied to industry changes that keep families who can pay in their houses while legally unsnarling the foreclosures of those who cannot.
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