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as in tangle
something that catches and holds
he was caught in the web of branches she was trapped by her own web of lies
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as in ambush
a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise
an ingenious web that was spun by undercover agents going after drug dealers
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Recent Examples of web
The vulnerabilities address issues such as apps causing system termination, malicious web content leading to crashes or other issues such as memory corruption or hijacking of clipboard data.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
For those unfamiliar with web design, this technical cost is comically outsized.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
The global professional services company gets top ratings for software engineers and web developers, among other fields.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
There’s an easy chemistry between the two, almost like when Barack Obama showed up on Zach Galifianakis’ web series Between Two Ferns.
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Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
For those unfamiliar with web design, this technical cost is comically outsized.
—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2026
The global professional services company gets top ratings for software engineers and web developers, among other fields.
—
Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
There’s an easy chemistry between the two, almost like when Barack Obama showed up on Zach Galifianakis’ web series Between Two Ferns.
—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for web
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They’re immediately pulled into a tangle of police reports, hospital notifications, insurance calls, and legal questions that can feel impossible to sort through while grieving.
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Richie Laryea for Canada burst into the box in a good position but was brought to ground amid a tangle of legs with South Africa’s Khuliso Mudau.
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Dallas Police Association President Sean Pease says as Dallas prepares to honor the five officers killed in the July 7, 2016, ambush, City Hall should also remember the officers and employees still serving.
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Require early disclosure of proposals and nominations, which kills the ambush.
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But Boise only managed to put three of those 15 shots on net to suffer its third home loss of the season.
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La Albiceleste created more chances but could not get past the viral sensation in net or the stout Cape Verdean defense before the halftime whistle blew.
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This is because the infrastructure of the city traps in all of the heat that built up during the day, thus preventing a normal nocturnal cooldown seen in non-urban settings.
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One of the biggest traps organizations fall into is assuming employees already know what behaviors are valued.
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Old school computer gamers will be intimately familiar with the dungeon crawler genre, popularized by games like Wizardry and Eye of the Beholder, which involves moving in first-person on a grid, taking on monsters, finding treasure and delving deeper into a labyrinth.
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Under the streets of Paris, a 75-mile labyrinth of pipes is at work trying to keep the parts of the city cool.
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Travelers can use apps like The Dyrt to find free and low-cost camping areas, while OnX Backcountry helps navigate maze-like forest roads.
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The thunderous cry rings out over a crowd gathered in front of a television propped up on plastic tables and past a maze of vendors lining a bustling working-class neighborhood in downtown Mexico City.
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Her departure comes on the heels the scandal surrounding her romantic entanglement with fellow cast member West Wilson.
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But in this case, the result has been physical missing pieces, a legal entanglement spanning multiple courts and parties, and a city galvanized to keep the history of slavery alive.
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The massive language model is a morass of words connecting to other words.
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These elements and more could help move the needle on the nation’s housing morass.
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“Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/web. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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