as in tangle
something that catches and holds
legal tanglements stemming from the museum's refusal to return the looted carvings
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Noun
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In my experience, most sea salt sprays require some sort of trade-off: either tons of volume but tangles, or great wave definition but very little body.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
Glamour,
26 June 2025 -
One of the most aggressive garden invaders, bindweed rapidly rambles through perennials and shrubs, creating a leafy tangle of stems and foliage.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2025
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Luthor — with the backing of the U.S. government — traps both aliens and political opponents in an off-site prison, located in a pocket dimension.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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The idealistic and naively optimistic Superman walks right into the trap.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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Judge then turned a Dansby Swanson line drive into another web gem on the next play.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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Beyond talent, Microsoft and Google clashed directly in web technologies.—
Gerui Wang,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Pushing a tile onto the board pushes another off and creates new routes through the labyrinth.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
9 July 2025
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In the original, Emily, the enigmatic socialite, and Stephanie, the ever-eager mommy vlogger, navigated a labyrinth of secrets, betrayals, and, of course, a missing person.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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And of course, people are right to be worried about foreign entanglement after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
5 July 2025
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Manatees also are vulnerable to boat strikes, entanglement in fishing gear and ingestion of marine debris.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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That meant a grid of streets that over the years also became a maze of roads in winding subdivisions.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Through a basement maze of whirring industrial equipment are mundane-looking doors that lead to the unexpected.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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With artists from every region of the world, the Dior Lady Art project casts a wide net, with both established and emerging artists flocking to put their spin on the pillar handbag style.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
8 July 2025
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Malo Gusto’s cross-cum-shot deflected off defender Giay Agustin to wrong-foot goalkeeper Weverton before bobbling into the back of the net.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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“Tanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanglement. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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