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also immesh
as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net
soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention
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Recent Examples of enmesh
As a private attorney, Romano is marshaling his experience to help people enmeshed in labor disputes.
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Next to the particularities of place—the Midwest, the South—or enmeshed with it, are the particularities of language, of idiom, and ways of saying.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
On Wall Street, the recovery for bitcoin helped stocks of companies enmeshed in the crypto economy.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
The tumbling prices dragged down stocks of companies enmeshed in the crytocurrency industry.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Next to the particularities of place—the Midwest, the South—or enmeshed with it, are the particularities of language, of idiom, and ways of saying.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
On Wall Street, the recovery for bitcoin helped stocks of companies enmeshed in the crypto economy.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
The tumbling prices dragged down stocks of companies enmeshed in the crytocurrency industry.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmesh
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In plays that feature women protagonists, the experience of feeling trapped is a recurring theme, whether characters are hemmed in by marriage, motherhood, gender roles, race, economic status or any number of societal norms.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Vlad returns to find the protagonist and John trapped in the burning cabin and pulls them out.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
9 Mar. 2026
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The instinctive Moon opposes jovial Jupiter, tangling your 10th House of Ambition with your 4th House of Comfort.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2026
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Instead, gently tease out roots if they’re tangled but keep that familiar soil around them.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
12 Mar. 2026
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Grunion may be taken by hand only — no appliances of any kind may be used, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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The vehicle caught on fire, entrapping the boy, who was pronounced dead at the scene.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The investigation also ensnared 34 other individuals and led to 55 violations in total.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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In week two of the biggest military operation of his presidency − a conflict that already has ensnared the Gulf states and NATO − the repercussions of rising oil prices are stoking his biggest political problem at home.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmesh. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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