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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 chaos comes amid a tangled web of court cases and rulings over the map and the referendum campaign, called People Not Politicians.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
And it was certainly applauded by local unions and guilds, indie producers and others looking for American web giants to dig deeper in their pockets to underwrite homemade content.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
The shape is familiar to anyone who lived through the antivirus, anti-spam and web application security wars, and the lessons from those wars tell us almost exactly what to do.
—Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
One of the biggest warning signs is a web address that looks like FIFA’s official site but contains a misspelling, extra word or different domain ending.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
And it was certainly applauded by local unions and guilds, indie producers and others looking for American web giants to dig deeper in their pockets to underwrite homemade content.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
The shape is familiar to anyone who lived through the antivirus, anti-spam and web application security wars, and the lessons from those wars tell us almost exactly what to do.
—Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
One of the biggest warning signs is a web address that looks like FIFA’s official site but contains a misspelling, extra word or different domain ending.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for web
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Fire up the grill, toast the buns and lean into indulgence with meaty beef patties layered beneath smoky bacon, oozing cheese and sweet onions softened to a slippery tangle.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Ionic technology helps regulate heat and flatten thick hair types while eliminating frizz, and the ceramic plates deliver a shiny, snag-free finish that's especially useful for thick hair prone to tangles.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
18 June 2026
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Kim is believed to have hired a hitman for the ambush and killing of a man in San Jose on June 27, 2016.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Putting a hard conversation on the calendar removes the ambush.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 June 2026
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The overall score is based on a nation’s performance across 38 indicators in 12 categories, including tax treatment, rule of law, quality of life, investor and high-net-worth migration pathways, family inclusion, geopolitical stability, and capital mobility.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Kerry said that industrial fishing fleets continue to exploit the oceans, with some vessels operating thousands of miles from home and using massive nets that indiscriminately catch marine life.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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How To Clean The Dishwasher Drain With Vinegar Cleaning your dishwasher drain trap requires a bit more care than cleaning your overall dishwasher.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Some flowers and scented herbs can be used as companion plants to naturally repel aphids, while others function as trap crops by luring aphids away from milkweed.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 June 2026
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And who knows if, with chef Mario Carbone, part of those labyrinths will be repurposed into wineries for fine wines.—
Marzio G. Mian,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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When combined, these materials form a dense labyrinth of millions of parallel channels.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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There, the airport features 247 restaurants and cafes, 16 lounges, and plenty to explore in the Jewel, including the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, an impressive hedge maze, and more.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
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Beneath the home, contractors found a maze of aging plumbing.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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Quantum computers use qubits that leverage superposition and entanglement to process information in ways classical bits cannot, enabling solutions to problems previously insurmountable for even the most advanced supercomputer.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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By taking advantage of the processor’s connectivity, the code can generate the entanglement needed for error correction while keeping hardware requirements comparatively low.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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The massive language model is a morass of words connecting to other words.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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These elements and more could help move the needle on the nation’s housing morass.—
Alex Schwartz,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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“Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/web. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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