Example Sentences

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Zscaler has been tapped as a favorite cybersecurity stock by some analysts, but investor optimism seems to have unraveled Wednesday after the company’s outlook for revenue in the current quarter fell short of expectations.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Anthropic and Andon said Claudius might have unraveled because its context window filled up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Ever advancing DNA sequencing techniques have unraveled evolutionary relationships in many other species.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 31, 2024

Now, following years of research and the power of a technologically advanced instrument, University of California San Diego scientists have unraveled the underpinnings of such matrices in a tiny nematode.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Ewan was not himself: his heart was poisoned, or then and there he would have unraveled the devilish tangle of circumstance.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir