as in complicated
having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated
it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with
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as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net
was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone
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as in knotted
to twist together into a usually confused mass
that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with
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Recent Examples of tangled
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
Unlike wired headphones, which can easily become tangled, break, or offer less effective noise isolation, a high-quality pair of noise-canceling headphones can make even an economy seat feel a little more luxurious.
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Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Equally difficult is engaging with an artist and the discourse around them without getting tangled up in their narrative web.
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Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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Adjective
This tangled relationship between Lestat and Armand, and all the guilt Lestat carries from it, provides a major breakthrough for Molloy’s documentary, and the journalist reacts with giddy, off-putting glee.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
Unlike wired headphones, which can easily become tangled, break, or offer less effective noise isolation, a high-quality pair of noise-canceling headphones can make even an economy seat feel a little more luxurious.
—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Verb
The two top packs flew off, and the third tangled in the cinch rope and wound around Tootsie’s leg.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Equally difficult is engaging with an artist and the discourse around them without getting tangled up in their narrative web.
—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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But a closer examination paints a more complicated picture.
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The city also has some of the world’s most complicated rules about air-conditioning installation.
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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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Ellison would wake up with his stomach knotted, his skin crawling with a rash.
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Game 1 Saint Paul knotted at 2-all through three innings before the visiting Storm Chasers put up four runs in the fourth and five more in the sixth to turn a tight game into a 12-4 blowout.
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Alabama man creates intricate America 250 lawn art In Trussville, Alabama, one homeowner turned his front yard into a patriotic canvas.
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Her custom ceremony Galia Lahav dress was designed with intricate lace details and an exaggerated silhouette at the hips.
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Stocks of companies enmeshed in the artificial-intelligence industry also jumped.
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Nevertheless, Christianity was enmeshed in public life.
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Wilcox noted that overlaps between substance use and suicide complicate reduction efforts.
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Fires in salt cedar can create spotting conditions and complicate suppression efforts, especially on windy days, when embers are carried ahead of containment lines, according to the department.
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Autism is a complex developmental condition now known as autism spectrum disorder that affects people in different ways.
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But now, at an outcrop on the edge of an ancient river channel named Neretva Vallis, Perseverance detected complex macromolecular carbon sitting right on the rock’s surface.
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“Tangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tangled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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