ensnarled

verb

past tense of ensnarl
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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  1. trapped
  2. tangled
  3. ensnared
  4. enmeshed
Verb
  • According to a sheriff’s department report, Barnes was trapped in her vehicle when police arrived.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Several of those whales were endangered humpbacks trapped by crab gear, both commercial and recreational.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of trapped
Verb
  • Key-man risk Huang’s ouster raises questions around Nvidia’s ability to remain the de facto central bank of the AI boom — and the fate of billions of dollars of chip financing from a slew of Wall Street firms that are tangled up with the company.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Karl’s recurrent palinopsia began two years ago after part of Karl’s right temporal lobe was removed because the blood vessels between the arteries and veins there were tangled.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of tangled
Verb
  • This year, Murphy’s powers of persuasion ensnared her once more.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Rousseff was impeached for accounting maneuvering in 2016 amid a sprawling corruption probe, which also ensnared Lula.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of ensnared
Verb
  • My sister was enmeshed for seventeen years in a cycle, one in which denial plays a huge role.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Revenue was only around $8 billion at the time, and the league was enmeshed in controversy, from Spygate to concussion hearings to a pending lockout.
    — Will Leitch, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of enmeshed
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“Ensnarled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensnarled. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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