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The Romanian EU affairs minister, George Ciamba, whose country holds the rolling presidency of the council of the EU and organises the summits and meetings, suggested the Speaker’s move had unravelled the strategy.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2019

Bahn measured it once he had unravelled it on the hospital floor.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2018

It looked as though Zhang had unravelled, but she’s pulled it all back together without fuss, and suddenly Halep is in serious trouble here.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2016

By late 2013, Karimova's business empire had unravelled.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2014

"A good many things—after I had unravelled several hundred yards of red tape to get at 'em," said Cleek, still smiling.

From The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by De Maris, Walter