Example Sentences

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Any attempt to undo the acquisition would mean disentangling the two.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Data from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation show transfers of state prison inmates to ICE custody have trended down since California began disentangling local and federal law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

But disentangling this chicken-egg arrangement must start somewhere.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

Recently, I led an international team of biologists and archaeologists in disentangling the mysteries of how this transformation happens.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023

“Hagrid!” he panted, disentangling himself from the hedgerow into which he had fallen.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling