entanglement
noun
en·tan·gle·ment
in-ˈtaŋ-gəl-mənt 
en-
1
a
: the action of entangling : the state of being entangled
b
: something that entangles, confuses, or ensnares
a project delayed by legal entanglements
2
: the condition of being deeply involved
their entanglement in politics
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Examples of entanglement in a Sentence
his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements
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Tracy Letts is Lady Bird’s sad and adoring father, while Lucas Hedges and Timothee Chalamet are her challenging romantic entanglements.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
If Israel began to fight Hezbollah or Iran, the Kremlin would have to contend with three dangerous outcomes: the entanglement of its ally Syria, a weakening of Iran’s capacity to supply Russia with weapons, and a complication of its relations with the Gulf Arab states and Iran.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2024
In an interview conducted for our recent in-depth feature on The Boys, Crawford looks back at his time so far as poor-man’s-Aquaman the Deep, from his deranged duet with his own gills to his romantic, uh, entanglements with an octopus named Ambrosous (voiced, amazingly enough, by Tilda Swinton).
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2024
That change likely won’t arrive in the form of a romantic entanglement, however.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 5 July 2024
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
If Israel began to fight Hezbollah or Iran, the Kremlin would have to contend with three dangerous outcomes: the entanglement of its ally Syria, a weakening of Iran’s capacity to supply Russia with weapons, and a complication of its relations with the Gulf Arab states and Iran.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2024
In an interview conducted for our recent in-depth feature on The Boys, Crawford looks back at his time so far as poor-man’s-Aquaman the Deep, from his deranged duet with his own gills to his romantic, uh, entanglements with an octopus named Ambrosous (voiced, amazingly enough, by Tilda Swinton).
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2024
That change likely won’t arrive in the form of a romantic entanglement, however.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 5 July 2024
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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entanglement. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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