ensnarling

verb

present participle of ensnarl
as in trapping
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. trapping
  2. tangling
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  • Abhishek Menon, the study’s corresponding author and a graduate student, said solving the engineering challenges associated with heavier ions could also simplify trapping lighter species.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The draft management plan, on which the department seeks comment, proposes lifting the moratorium on hunting or trapping bobcats.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of trapping
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  • It’s designed to handle loose hair of any length without tangling.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In 1984 the late mathematician Vaughan Jones introduced a new way to assign polynomials to knots, thereby tangling the two fields together.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of tangling
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“Ensnarling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensnarling. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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