Example Sentences

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Traditional voting patterns, political experts agree, are unraveling as L.A.’s mounting housing costs create new political fault lines in this city of 3.9 million.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Sherrilyn Ifill: I think things are unraveling pretty fast and people will get on full alert.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025

This is important because there is a growing fear in the United States and around the world that things are unraveling.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

And the supply chain snarls that caused chronic transportation delays and shortages of many goods, from patio furniture to curtains, are unraveling.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Coach Didier Deschamps is getting his pieces to fit just as other football powers in Europe are unraveling.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2018