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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Pressure has been mounting on Australia, the US, the UK and other countries to repatriate thousands of citizens, most of them women and children, who have been trapped in detention camps in Syria since the fall of the Caliphate more than five years ago.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
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Dirt and fine particles trapped in a microfiber cloth and stiff fibers from lower-quality cloths can cause tiny scratches on the surface.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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They can get tangled in recycling machinery and require expensive repairs.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Punjab provincial government required motorbike riders to install a safety rod between their handlebars to keep kite strings stretched across roads from getting tangled around their necks — a past cause of injury and death.—
Betsy Joles,
NPR,
14 Feb. 2026
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Now pushing 40 and navigating various midlife crises, the women are ensnared in a tangle of new and old mysteries.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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He's been known in recent months for leading a series of fraud prosecutions that ensnared over 90 defendants accused of bilking Minnesota's public assistance programs.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Next to the particularities of place—the Midwest, the South—or enmeshed with it, are the particularities of language, of idiom, and ways of saying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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On Wall Street, the recovery for bitcoin helped stocks of companies enmeshed in the crypto economy.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Ensnarled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensnarled. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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