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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
The nation is enmeshed in record levels of debt, which surpassed $39 trillion in March, and critics wonder how Bessent can persuade Americans to save for their futures when the government itself is drowning in debt.
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Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The Wireless festival has been enmeshed in controversy ever since West was announced as its headliner, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer voicing disapproval within days.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Much of the country is now enmeshed in a brutal civil war, and security concerns meant voting in the recent election could be held in only 263 of the country’s 330 townships.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Those companies are entangled through investments in each other and rival AI companies, and are enmeshed in financial engineering.
—Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
He got promoted three years later, to head coach, when the head coach who hired him got enmeshed in a scandal.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
But without early shatterless mutations, our species would never have enmeshed its fate so deeply with grasses.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Of course some executives enmeshed in takeover battles – David Zazlav, for example – add layers of stock enhancements to their compensation.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
As a private attorney, Romano is marshaling his experience to help people enmeshed in labor disputes.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The Wireless festival has been enmeshed in controversy ever since West was announced as its headliner, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer voicing disapproval within days.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Much of the country is now enmeshed in a brutal civil war, and security concerns meant voting in the recent election could be held in only 263 of the country’s 330 townships.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Those companies are entangled through investments in each other and rival AI companies, and are enmeshed in financial engineering.
—Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
He got promoted three years later, to head coach, when the head coach who hired him got enmeshed in a scandal.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
But without early shatterless mutations, our species would never have enmeshed its fate so deeply with grasses.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Of course some executives enmeshed in takeover battles – David Zazlav, for example – add layers of stock enhancements to their compensation.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
As a private attorney, Romano is marshaling his experience to help people enmeshed in labor disputes.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmeshed
Verb
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For too long, the conversation about digital assets has been trapped between price speculation and regulatory anxiety.—
Bob Diamond,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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And that duality is what makes the concept so tempting to explore more deeply — particularly through the interiority of a complex woman who will be literally trapped on the big screen.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The animal—forty feet long and weighing twelve tons, roughly the scale of a city bus—was tangled up in fishing net and rope.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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No punches, but the two tangled, spilling toward the sideline as Okongwu tried to separate them.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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“Enmeshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmeshed. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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