as in to bog (down)
to place in conflict or difficulties
it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him
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Residents also joined the search, using shovels and their bare hands to remove rubble in an effort to reach children trapped beneath the debris.
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The child, identified by authorities as Klieber Moran, was rescued after spending six days trapped beneath the rubble, Rodríguez said.
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In other words, the valuable part of any message, the signal, can easily get tangled up in noise.
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During the first game, the Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Mercury’s DeWanna Bonner got tangled up, said some unkind things, and five players wound up with technical fouls in the aftermath.
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Syria's economic opening predates recent conflicts, while Iraq is embroiled in a domestic anti-corruption purge.
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And to be an American is to be embroiled in the great democratic experiment that has been defined by division from the beginning.
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“Embrangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embrangle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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