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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
Aside from his Disney firing, Paul’s career has been enmeshed in controversy over the years.
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Of the coaches enmeshed in the various scandals dotting the department in the last few years, most were Michigan men.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
The president has a long-standing friendship with Larry Ellison, and his son-in-law is enmeshed in the financing of the Paramount bid.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
The Night Agent upped the ante in its second outing, with Peter getting enmeshed in a chemical weapons threat and unwittingly swaying a presidential election that sends his moral compass spinning.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Of the coaches enmeshed in the various scandals dotting the department in the last few years, most were Michigan men.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
The president has a long-standing friendship with Larry Ellison, and his son-in-law is enmeshed in the financing of the Paramount bid.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
The Night Agent upped the ante in its second outing, with Peter getting enmeshed in a chemical weapons threat and unwittingly swaying a presidential election that sends his moral compass spinning.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmesh
Verb
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Consequently, those trapped either faced burning alive by the fire or death by bullets fired from the outside.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some complained about getting trapped in the same cash-bail system that had ensnared Caldwell.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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If your personal life and your business expenses are tangled together, untangle them now.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Vonn — the third skier to crash in the World Cup race in Crans-Montana — lost control when landing a jump and ended up tangled in the safety nets on the upper portion of the course.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Stevenson insists that the goal of the Legacy Museum is not to present Alabama as irredeemably racist or forever entrapped by its past.—
Clint Smith,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Civic driver was extricated as Ramsubhag was received lifesaving measures while still entrapped the vehicle.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
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That observation drove home for me how ensnaring this oppression must feel, how vast the spatial footprint of ICE’s boot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some complained about getting trapped in the same cash-bail system that had ensnared Caldwell.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmesh. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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