as in tangle
something that catches and holds his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements

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Recent Examples of entanglement Whale entanglement is fatal in 75% of cases, according to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025 In the movie, the lead character is the epitome of the ultimate bridesmaid, attending an impressive 27 weddings, all while dealing with her own romantic entanglements. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 According to experts, Musk's newfound political entanglements have had a negative effect on Tesla. Stacy Lambe, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025 The modern Republican Party stands for avoiding bloody and costly foreign entanglements while Democrats plead for endless funnels of cash for Ukraine. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for entanglement
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Noun
  • The possible legal tangle between Minnesota and the Trump administration mirrors a similar situation between the administration and Maine, whose leaders have also refused to follow Trump’s anti-trans sports order.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 23 Apr. 2025
  • Bateman and his team had been studying tau tangles, the abnormal clumps of protein that form inside the neurons of people with Alzheimer's.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 2 Apr. 2025
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  • But the Knicks can’t fall for the trap, and Brunson, who finished with 34 points on 12-of-27 shooting from the field to go with eight assists on the night, had a frustrating start to his evening.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Europe is wary of sleepwalking back into the trap of reliance on Russian energy resources that caused an energy crisis at the outset of the 2022 invasion and mounting speculation that Europe might reopen its taps has sparked pushback from key European voices.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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  • In the United States alone, navigating the labyrinth of healthcare administrative tasks costs up to $265 billion annually, according to a 2023 McKinsey analysis.
    Jacob Miller, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The 100-acre resort has a 45,000-square-foot waterpark with a labyrinth of waterslides.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
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  • In 2020, the Justice Department, joined by a group of states, accused Google of illegally stifling competition by paying the makers of web browsers and phones to set Google as their default search engine.
    John Ruwitch, NPR, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Our primary overall benchmark, UL's PCMark 10, puts a system through its paces in productivity apps ranging from web browsing to word processing and spreadsheet work.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
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  • The road to succeeding in school athletics has always seemed more like a maze than a path.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Then, wearing a VR headset, the participants used a joystick to navigate through a three-dimensional maze with landmark clues to find a treasure chest at the end.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2025

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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglement. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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