as in tangle
something that catches and holds his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements

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Recent Examples of entanglement Though Hall-Long has the state party's backing, this race has largely been dominated by headlines regarding her entanglements with state campaign finance law. Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2024 Quantum states, such as superposition and entanglement, are fragile and easily disturbed by environmental noise. Pramod Kumar, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 His entanglement with Trump will be an Ayn Rand novel sprung to life, because Trump has explicitly invited Musk into the government to play the role of the master engineer, who redesigns the American state—and therefore American life—in his own image. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024 Rather than focusing on emotional entanglements, Venus in Sagittarius brings an open-minded, optimistic approach to relationships and life in general. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for entanglement 
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  • Six weeks later, what began as a missing persons case became a murder mystery, as Karen's body was found hidden beneath a tangle of vines by a caretaker near Bledsoe Cemetery in Dyer County.
    Gemma Schneider, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There’s also a big tangle of conflicting feelings and emotional contexts at play here.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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  • Then Billboard was cited when describing T.I.’s seminal 2003 Trap Muzik album as an introduction of trap music to the masses, but the contestants were stumped and couldn’t identify who the rapper-actor is despite a photo of him accompanying the clue.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
  • And that became the trap door, the explosive play that put the Bears in a 21-9 hole at the intermission.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • Deep in the labyrinth of Studio 8H—the longtime home of Saturday Night Live at 30 Rockefeller Center—actor Chloe Fineman sits in a chair with a wig cap on.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In the clip, below, Mark (Adam Scott) appears to be lost in the office's labyrinth as audio snippets from season 1 flash through his mind.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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  • Kilbourn, a resident of the Northwoods, has worked as a web designer at a medical device manufacturer and most recently worked as a design strategist for Target. Tiffany, who lives in Minocqua, has campaigned as a hawk on border security and stricter immigration laws.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • With the two candidates in town, the area of downtown surrounding the hotels was a maze of barricades, police cars, DMV trucks, Secret Service SUVs and ambulances serving as barricades to block off the streets.
    Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The Ghoul House maze monsters wear ghastly disguises and deliver jump scares designed to thrill, chill and terrify just like their Fright Fest, Scary Farm and Horror Nights compatriots.
    Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 24 Oct. 2024

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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglement. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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