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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
Initially, some sellers shipped it directly to American buyers over the dark web.
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
The authors of the report concluded that for advertisers and brands, diversifying search media beyond legacy search engine results has become a necessity, further advising companies to adopt an open web channels approach for a better positioning to meet the purchasing behaviors driving sales.
—Alexandra Pastore, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
The Tarantula spins its web in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, 160,000 light-years from us.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Spirit notes that the destinations were ranked based on web searches made between Jan. 9, and Feb. 5, 2025, with users looking at travel dates between March 1 and April 19, 2025.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2025
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
The authors of the report concluded that for advertisers and brands, diversifying search media beyond legacy search engine results has become a necessity, further advising companies to adopt an open web channels approach for a better positioning to meet the purchasing behaviors driving sales.
—Alexandra Pastore, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
The Tarantula spins its web in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, 160,000 light-years from us.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Spirit notes that the destinations were ranked based on web searches made between Jan. 9, and Feb. 5, 2025, with users looking at travel dates between March 1 and April 19, 2025.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for web
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Why isn’t there space for an organic unfurling, a messy tangle of threads that overlap and deviate?—
Rebekah Taussig,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Figuring out why tangles are so tricky could help scientists predict when people’s snap judgments about a physical situation are likely to be wrong, leading to unsafe reactions.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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The United Nations had blamed him for an ambush that killed around two dozen Pakistani soldiers earlier that year, per The New York Times.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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The shooting in the lobby came just days before the first anniversary of the ambush attack on Lt. Dustin DeMonte and Sgt.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2025
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Palmer has now gone seven games in all competitions without finding the back of the net.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Rossi, however, didn’t leave satisfied after hitting the side of the net with part of the cage gaping as the Wild pressed for the tying goal on a six-on-five late.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Many business owners fall into the trap of believing that busyness is the same as being productive.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Another slice of the trailer appears to be showing a chain of explosions going off, indicating that players might be able to set up more complex traps or breaches than currently.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Is this a burgeoning love affair or just another con job stacked on top of a labyrinth of deceptions?—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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Through the Delta, the state and federal governments supply tap water to two-thirds of the state’s population and irrigation water to millions of acres of farms, with a labyrinth of levees, pumps and islands controlling the balance of saltwater and freshwater.—
Heather Knight,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The challenge is cutting through the maze of myths and taking an intelligent approach to recovery.—
Vijay Menon,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Tracking Liam down at a maze of a house, Nolan fell through a weak floor, as Miles watched.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
25 Feb. 2025
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And Musk's financial entanglement with Washington's largest department has stirred skepticism and concerns about conflict of interest.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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The book takes place over the course of one afternoon blow job, while both participants remember the entirety of their entanglement.—
Haley Mlotek,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Shapiro, who launched crisis PR firm 10th Avenue Consulting in 2015 after his lengthy tenure in the federal government, would seem an unconventional choice for Lively given that the spiraling legal morass has no obvious political ties.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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However, starting a process early in President Trump's second term could prove helpful given the resulting legal morass, depending on the mechanism that the EPA employs to repeal it.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/web. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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