envelopment

noun

Definition of envelopmentnext
as in entanglement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for envelopment
  1. entanglement
  2. entrapment
  3. ambush
  4. web
Noun
  • This year commercial Dungeness crabbing south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line was delayed due to an abundance of humpbacks and a large number of recent entanglements, the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • After her 10-year relationship collapses, a newly single woman dives back into the dating pool, navigating seven wildly different romantic entanglements that prepare her for her future husband.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of entanglement
Noun
  • The issue of entrapment is an interesting one, but Hit Man is too playful to get hung up on that or other moral and ethical issues.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Themes of entrapment, unrequited love and loss penetrate the screen, with Lachman conveying the narrative through a bespoke aesthetic captured on different celluloid formats.
    Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of entrapment
Noun
  • Responding officers, including a rookie cop who received praise from leaders in New York and Pennsylvania, immediately recognized Mangione as the suspect wanted in connection with the New York City ambush shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, authorities said.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Authorities arrested a suspect and charged him with murder Monday in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald's customer in Pennsylvania spotted a man whom officers found with a gun, mask and writings linking him to the ambush.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of ambush
Noun
  • See the Tasting Alliance web site for a detailed listing of all of the medalists.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The two platforms analyzed 2.5 terabytes of data from 44 countries, extracted from publicly-available sources, including those on the dark web.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of web
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