tangle with
verb
tangled with; tangling with; tangles with
informal
: to fight or argue with (someone or something)
He's not someone I would want to tangle with.
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Folarin Balogun was given a red card in the 64th minute after getting tangled with defender Tarik Muharemovic and stepping on his ankle.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
The other nine suspects were members of three other gangs that tangled with McKillville, Clark said.
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Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2026
Burbank’s environmental determinism was tangled with a settler-colonial impulse to imbue the wild landscape with Western ideals of control and organization to not only manage but also improve populations, in both plants and humans.
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The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2026
On Thursday, Group F will become a little clearer when Tunisia tangles with the Netherlands, and Sweden plays Japan.
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Russell Lewis,
NPR,
22 June 2026
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
The other nine suspects were members of three other gangs that tangled with McKillville, Clark said.
—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2026
Burbank’s environmental determinism was tangled with a settler-colonial impulse to imbue the wild landscape with Western ideals of control and organization to not only manage but also improve populations, in both plants and humans.
—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2026
On Thursday, Group F will become a little clearer when Tunisia tangles with the Netherlands, and Sweden plays Japan.
—
Russell Lewis,
NPR,
22 June 2026
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“Tangle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangle%20with. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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