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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
Several publicists enmeshed in the Lively-Baldoni drama (Stephanie Jones, Jennifer Abel, and Melissa Nathan) remain engaged in their own legal battle in a separate litigation.
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Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 14 May 2026
At the time of his death, the 53-year-old president was enmeshed in a constitutional crisis over his tenure, and his ruling by decree following his dismissal of the Parliament.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
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.
—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
Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 14 May 2026
At the time of his death, the 53-year-old president was enmeshed in a constitutional crisis over his tenure, and his ruling by decree following his dismissal of the Parliament.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmeshed
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Once trapped, the ions are reduced to a ground state through lasers, similar to what freezing them at absolute zero achieves.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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At least one person was trapped because of the crash, according to Chester County dispatch.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Unlike the open-country eagles many people picture soaring over cliffs or plains, harpies inhabit dense rainforests where visibility is limited, branches are tangled and maneuverability matters more than endurance.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Videos posted online showed the two planes getting tangled together in midair before four parachutes opened in the sky as the planes plummeted to the ground.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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“Enmeshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmeshed. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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