as in tangle
something that catches and holds
the representative was forced to resign after getting caught in a noose of lies and corruption
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Recent Examples of noose
Police are investigating a report that a rope tied similar to a noose was found at the new Nissan Stadium construction site.
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 18 July 2025
But Peck shows the true violence of the day, the noose erected on the capitol grounds meant for the neck of Trump’s Vice President, Mike Pence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 May 2025
New evidence revealed a noose was used to swing Zara around
According to court documents, detectives found new evidence of abuse on a phone belonging to Lopez-Figueroa.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
After the trial and sentencings, a noose of grief tightened around the DuFresne family.
—Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 18 July 2025
But Peck shows the true violence of the day, the noose erected on the capitol grounds meant for the neck of Trump’s Vice President, Mike Pence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 May 2025
New evidence revealed a noose was used to swing Zara around
According to court documents, detectives found new evidence of abuse on a phone belonging to Lopez-Figueroa.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
After the trial and sentencings, a noose of grief tightened around the DuFresne family.
—Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noose
Noun
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This creates abnormal amounts of protein deposits called tangles, which kill brain cells.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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Lying nearby is a tangle of thin string that is defining the war now – not fishing net, but fiber-optic cable, used to prevent drones being jammed.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
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Undervaluing Yourself To Avoid Conflict Many professionals, especially those early in their careers, fall into the trap of lowballing their worth out of fear.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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That’s the trap with a character like this — writing to a joke versus writing to her worldview and her attitude.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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The absence of lobster traps and not being poked and prodded by divers armed with snares, tickle sticks and nets for nearly four months usually results in an abundance of bugs, a term that refers to the insect-like appearance of lobsters.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
5 July 2025
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Complaining about the rich comes with many snares, as events reminded Anwar last week.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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In addition to vessel strikes, humpback whales face threats including fishing gear entanglement and ocean noise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Paloma Chavez
July 2,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2025
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Unlike classical computers, which process bits as 0s or 1s, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in multiple states simultaneously due to superposition and entanglement.—
Leeor Shimron,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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No matter how complicated the labyrinth of modern politics becomes, that thread will lead us through.—
Linda McMahon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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The Talos post was published around the same time that the dark web site belonging to BlackSuit began displaying a message saying the site had been seized in Operation CheckMate.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 July 2025
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As the newspaper printing was phased out, the number of telephone calls to the toll-free number also dropped and the number of web searches exploded.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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Some have likened this to building a skyscraper on quicksand.—
Alexander Sudeykin,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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These moves chip away at the 188,000 pages bloating the Code of Federal Regulations, freeing businesses and families from bureaucratic quicksand.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Thursday’s game resembled the dizzying maze of turns of F1 courses, rather than the smooth oval racing NASCAR showcases in Bristol.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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That mental maze, which is typical in this area of research, experts say, is something that sensationalized news coverage often fails to acknowledge.—
Sarah Scoles,
JSTOR Daily,
31 July 2025
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“Noose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noose. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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