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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At the time of the interview, at least four people had been killed and at least seven had been injured; dozens of others were still trapped under the rubble.—
Mosab Abu Toha,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025 -
Executives praised the film, which follows the Palestine Red Crescent Society’s failed attempt to save Hind, a Palestinian child who was killed in Gaza in 2024 after being trapped in a car under Israeli fire.—
Rebecca Keegan,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake Technology has been tangled up in modern life for a long time, but the entwinement of Big Tech, as an industry, with our daily habits—everything from tracking friends to hiring cabs—is new.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Later, Jimmy Uso was tangled up with Knight and when Jimmy came over to help out his brother, Jey saw an opportunity.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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But her quest for answers would unearth a family secret – and a doctor’s decades-old deception that has ensnared multiple families across the country.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The pendant threads through Casino Royale and resurfaces in Quantum of Solace, where it’s revealed as a calling card of the network that ensnared Vesper; Bond (Daniel Craig) even carries it as a memento mori.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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Eliza had been enmeshed in world-historical events through the careers of her father and her husband.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Emily Gunyou Halaas skillfully embodies the producer and party host enmeshed in the obsession with critics’ approval.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
29 Sep. 2025
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