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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
He got promoted three years later, to head coach, when the head coach who hired him got enmeshed in a scandal.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
The three leading Democrats are enmeshed in a torrid fight for their political lives.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Then roots grow through and enmesh the fabric with the soil.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Ahmed, who created the show, enmeshes his character in a Pakistani British context—and a Bondian conspiracy.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
The three leading Democrats are enmeshed in a torrid fight for their political lives.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Then roots grow through and enmesh the fabric with the soil.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Ahmed, who created the show, enmeshes his character in a Pakistani British context—and a Bondian conspiracy.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmesh
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After cooling atomic clocks that trap single ions such as aluminum and ytterbium to absolute zero, the researchers manipulated their quantum states with laser pulses.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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Crews arrived on the scene and found the home fully engulfed in flames, with the mother and her six children trapped.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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That impact and his trajectory launched his dragster up into the air, erupting in a fireball, breaking into pieces and getting badly tangled in the catch fencing.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Their little brother Dante is an irresponsible party boy, tangled up with a ruthless local gang.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
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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Both of Seatrium’s predecessor companies were ensnared in Operation Car Wash, Brazil’s sweeping anti-corruption investigation that eventually consumed much of the country’s political and business establishment.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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This is not the first time Polymarket has been ensnared in controversy.—
Niamh Kennedy,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmesh. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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