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
Surrounding June are several nooses, including one already occupied by Aunt Phoebe.
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EW.com, 20 May 2025
Sorry, if Harvard were discriminating against Black students, or allowing nooses to be thrown over tree limbs, Obama would be joining a nationwide chorus of protest.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Two men hung a noose from a Queens water tower then stopped to apparently snap a picture of it with a cell phone, cops said Sunday.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
Charlie Parker’s Favorite Painting (1946) indicates Abercrombie’s engagement with social issues: a yellow noose, nearly fluorescent against a dishwater sky, dangles from a barren tree—an oblique lament from the doggedly antiracist Abercrombie.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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EW.com, 20 May 2025
Sorry, if Harvard were discriminating against Black students, or allowing nooses to be thrown over tree limbs, Obama would be joining a nationwide chorus of protest.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Two men hung a noose from a Queens water tower then stopped to apparently snap a picture of it with a cell phone, cops said Sunday.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
Charlie Parker’s Favorite Painting (1946) indicates Abercrombie’s engagement with social issues: a yellow noose, nearly fluorescent against a dishwater sky, dangles from a barren tree—an oblique lament from the doggedly antiracist Abercrombie.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noose
Noun
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Taking inspiration from the CAR T-cell technology used to provide personalized cancer treatments, researchers have conducted a proof-of-concept study showing how similar compounds can precisely target protein tangles and plaques in the brain.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
12 June 2025
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To get started, take care of the tangles throughout your hair strands.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
11 June 2025
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Mazzotti said iguanas love the color red — biologists often lure them into traps with red flowers, strawberries or even red marbles.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2025
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During their surveys, researchers set up mist nets of various sizes and waited to see what flew into the traps, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Immediately, the divine collides with the inane, and Goddess runs into a fundamental dramatic snare.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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For instance, the researchers uncovered an incident from 2008, when scientists had observed a male chimp freeing an unrelated female from a nylon snare set by hunters to trap game.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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Some lawmakers, including Senator Lindsey Graham, have advocated for stronger U.S. military support for Israel, while others warn against entanglement in a Middle East conflict.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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What Hegseth has focused on so far The panel zeroed in on funding issues, with only a few mentions of other entanglements that have marked Hegseth’s early months.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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Instead, consumers could face a labyrinth of tedious forms and dense legalese, draining their time and wallets.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The series follows Ged, first to the School of Magic, on the Island of Roke, then through a dark labyrinth and into death itself.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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Gi-seok had been caught up in the delicate web of power and deceit that holds Seoul’s two major gangs—the Juwoon Group and the Bongsan Group—in place.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Destinee Adams produced this piece for web, and Treye Green edited it.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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However, these systems become organizational quicksand in volatile environments where exceptions become the rule.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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From sticky asphalt graves to dinosaur-eating quicksand, these sites reveal how nature sometimes sets its own snares, and how life—on a mass scale—meets its end.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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To do that accurately, the system must be carefully calibrated, and that's where the maze comes in.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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The maze is changing live and the staircases are moving, but don’t give up.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
5 June 2025
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“Noose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noose. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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