as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net
for two years the couple was ensnarled in the red tape of an international adoption
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It was lost to a natural disaster and then became trapped in a system that increasingly treats health care infrastructure as a financial asset rather than a public necessity.
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The raw materials required, like bismuth and tellurium, are rare, expensive, and trapped in chaotic global supply chains.
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However long and tangled her rap sheet, Sugar sees her illuminatory potential through the grime and shadows of an unforgiving film-noir cityscape.
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Think pixelated logos, websites untouched since the AOL era and brand architectures so tangled by years of acquisitions and restructuring that even the founders can’t map them cleanly.
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By 2014, the Honeywells and their compound were ensnared in local controversy.
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Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby who was ensnared in controversy in 1999 when televangelist Jerry Falwell accused it of being gay (and yet rumors still linger on…), led moves with Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po all joining in on the fun.
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Stocks of companies enmeshed in the artificial-intelligence industry also jumped.
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Nevertheless, Christianity was enmeshed in public life.
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“Ensnarled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensnarled. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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