as in tangles
something that catches and holds
his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements
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Recent Examples of entanglements
Her life as portrayed on Mormon Wives is that of a loose cannon who struggles to liberate herself from toxic romantic entanglements, running directly counter to The Bachelor’s fantasy of happily-ever-after.
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Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
According to Sean Hastings, a policy manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ship strikes and entanglements in fishing gear are currently the number one and number two threats to whales.
—CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
All of them are caught up in these complicated romantic entanglements.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Left unmentioned was Duke’s earlier legal entanglements with its men’s lacrosse program.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2026
The president who once vowed to avoid foreign entanglements is now flexing his muscles abroad.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Pearce also has entanglements with oil and gas companies, which critics have said would be at odds with the BLM role, as the agency issues oil and gas leases.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Tiya Miles, a historian at Harvard University, has written several books that are a testament to the entanglements between African and Indigenous enslavement.
—Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Many of the schools promptly cut ties with The PhD Project after the investigation was opened, in order to avoid entanglements with the administration.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
According to Sean Hastings, a policy manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ship strikes and entanglements in fishing gear are currently the number one and number two threats to whales.
—CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
All of them are caught up in these complicated romantic entanglements.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Left unmentioned was Duke’s earlier legal entanglements with its men’s lacrosse program.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2026
The president who once vowed to avoid foreign entanglements is now flexing his muscles abroad.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Pearce also has entanglements with oil and gas companies, which critics have said would be at odds with the BLM role, as the agency issues oil and gas leases.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Tiya Miles, a historian at Harvard University, has written several books that are a testament to the entanglements between African and Indigenous enslavement.
—Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Many of the schools promptly cut ties with The PhD Project after the investigation was opened, in order to avoid entanglements with the administration.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglements
Noun
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To him, the vision seemed right — not in the specific locations activated by various themes but in the sense that our neuroanatomy did seem to parse the world by subject, tangles and folds of neurons lighting up in response to clouds of ideas.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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Chapek’s woes as Disney chief have been well documented, from his tangles in Florida to an ugly public spat with Scarlett Johansson to alienating top executives by removing creative decision-making authority in a hugely unpopular restructuring.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These torons act as microscopic traps for light.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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This time last year, surveillance traps had single-digit counts of black flies.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This particular deal gives you two meshes for even more coverage!—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Compared with rigid metal meshes, CNTF fabrics showed more uniform heating behavior and fewer hot spots.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Conservationists-in-the-making can join hands-on efforts like removing poacher snares, clearing invasive plants, or collecting data on endangered species.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hi-hats and snares appear in fragmentary bursts, icy synths precipitate and evaporate, and Zel slithers wryly in the cut.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Separated by labyrinths of creeks and smaller cays, each one represents a stepping stone away from civilization, Parrish told me.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Both were premised on the idea of frictionless ease, liberating their users from outmoded toils.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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But these occupations soon became bloody quagmires, with hundreds of military and tens of thousands of civilian casualties.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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But this is the wrong time for political sideshows or ethical quagmires.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Entanglements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglements. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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