as in tangle
something that catches and holds
the representative was forced to resign after getting caught in a noose of lies and corruption
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Recent Examples of noose
Indeed, inflation remains a noose around Milei’s neck.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Just imagine a white person putting a noose in their front yard.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Navab said Steve Hosman, the sergeant who allegedly put the noose on Caver’s jacket had been cited for making racist comments about Black people, but instead of facing repercussions he was promoted.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Bags full of nooses had already been found.
—Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Just imagine a white person putting a noose in their front yard.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Navab said Steve Hosman, the sergeant who allegedly put the noose on Caver’s jacket had been cited for making racist comments about Black people, but instead of facing repercussions he was promoted.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Bags full of nooses had already been found.
—Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noose
Noun
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Her hair is often a massive tangle of black curls, her nails are expertly polished, her huge brown eyes peer out from spidery lashes, and her skin is cocoa-butter smooth.—
Stephanie Mansfield,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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These tangles grow into 30–40 nm particles.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Jacob plots to seduce his employers and gain an advantage from their industry connections, but unwittingly walks into a trap.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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By moving the economy up the value chain, Beijing hopes to escape the middle-income trap and cement its status as a self-reliant tech superpower.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
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In other parts of the state, hoop nets and crab snares may be used.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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LaFreniere said the bear had just about worked its way out of the snare, with the cable loop barely holding the bruin by a claw.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
22 Oct. 2025
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According to the research team, both classical and quantum models of gravity would produce entanglement at different strengths depending on variables such as mass, separation distance, and experiment duration.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Though researchers logged no right whale deaths in the latest report, entanglements and vessel strikes remain a serious threat to the animals.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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The campaign will engage local media outlets, social media, newsletters and community organizations to guide Medi-Cal recipients through the labyrinth of changes, said CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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From there, investigators, journalists, and suspects become entangled in a labyrinth of fear, obsession, and paranoia.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Hit by the Wall Street crash in 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, his spectacular 1932 downfall exposed a web of deception, and he was later found dead in what was ruled a suicide.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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Up to 95 percent of a brand’s emissions sit outside its direct control, scattered across a messy web of suppliers, mills, logistics partners, and raw-material sources.—
Gus Bartholomew,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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The trick works too on Dratch, who once feared monsters under her bed, and Oswalt, who jokes about quicksand being his biggest worry.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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The novel is set in 1984, but the plot keeps sliding backward into the sixties, in woozy reveries that engulf Zoyd like quicksand.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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The maze is quite scary, including an It-style clown with a chainsaw, chainsaw-wielding doctors in scrubs, and Beryl at the center of it all as the town’s biggest cultural claim to fame, the Headless Horseman.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Shot at the real-life Flintham Hall manor house, cinematographer Sean Bobbitt’s camera glides around lush setpieces ranging from a shadowy hedge maze to a swimming lake and an unwieldy bonfire.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Noose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noose. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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