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also immeshed
as in trapped
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 enmeshed
With their school district enmeshed in culture war issues in recent years, voters in the Johnson and Miami county communities of Gardner and Edgerton on Tuesday voted in possibly two more liberal-leaning voices to the Gardner Edgerton School Board.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
His more conservative Viking colleagues questioned the project’s merits; Cowley was enmeshed in its difficulties.
—Michael Gorra, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Emily Gunyou Halaas skillfully embodies the producer and party host enmeshed in the obsession with critics’ approval.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
The movement to weaken the state’s decades-old vaccination requirements is enmeshed with Kennedy’s orbit.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
As summer gives way to fall—cooler nights, busier days—there are more opportunities to be present, to be deliberate, to be enmeshed in the dailiness of one’s life.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
In addition, crucial societal and business-minded tradeoffs are fully enmeshed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
According to PwC, only 19% of younger fans watched an entire game when at home, and usually are enmeshed in another activity at the same time.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
The child of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Stiller was enmeshed in the entertainment industry even before turning pro.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
His more conservative Viking colleagues questioned the project’s merits; Cowley was enmeshed in its difficulties.
—Michael Gorra, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Emily Gunyou Halaas skillfully embodies the producer and party host enmeshed in the obsession with critics’ approval.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
The movement to weaken the state’s decades-old vaccination requirements is enmeshed with Kennedy’s orbit.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
As summer gives way to fall—cooler nights, busier days—there are more opportunities to be present, to be deliberate, to be enmeshed in the dailiness of one’s life.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
In addition, crucial societal and business-minded tradeoffs are fully enmeshed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
According to PwC, only 19% of younger fans watched an entire game when at home, and usually are enmeshed in another activity at the same time.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
The child of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Stiller was enmeshed in the entertainment industry even before turning pro.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmeshed
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The film follows Ren, a 16-year-old Filipino-Italian teenager trapped in his mother Mia’s possessive love, who must break free during a three-day Filipino wake as Typhoon Edith approaches Manila.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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For five years, Ave and the other children trapped there — three of them aged six and under — were brutally pimped by their trafficker until a neighbor summoned the cops.—
Natalia Paradies,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Democrats are currently so desperate for strong male role models to promote as candidates that they’re all tangled up over whether a burly Maine oysterman’s Nazi-symbol tattoo is defensible.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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Nothing twisted or tangled together during the drying process.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Enmeshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmeshed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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