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Recent Examples of entangle Read Next World ‘Precious’ sea creature entangled in rope is saved off New Zealand. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025 Valentino, too, became entangled this year, when one of its units was placed under judicial administration for a year after worker abuse inside its supply chain was reported. Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 13 June 2025 The animatic itself showed how Tartakovsky’s personality and preference for strong visual storytelling entangled with these references. Kambole Campbell, Variety, 13 June 2025 While the ins and outs of the legal case appear to get messier by the day, the latest twist has entangled America's favorite pop star and longtime companion of Lively. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for entangle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entangle
Verb
  • The motifs and borders were knotted in red, blue, black and other shades of cream or natural wool.
    Dorothy Armstrong June 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
  • Your browser does not support the video tag. Oklahoma City needs more efficient offense from Jalen Williams to take Game 4 and knot up this series.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Made from a durable and porous nylon-spandex blend, the skort doesn’t trap heat.
    Esme Benjamin, People.com, 1 July 2025
  • These filters trap smoke particles and other pollutants, helping keep the air inside your car cleaner.
    Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The budget bill championed by President Donald Trump could complicate next year’s tax filing season after the IRS lost one-quarter of its employees through staffing cuts, an independent watchdog reported Wednesday.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 June 2025
  • Adding another first rounder this summer would have complicated both the team’s rotation and salary structure.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Eric Dane, who famously bathed with 2 women, now appears tangled up with 3.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
  • Their two offspring — Cane (Jake Weary) and recovering addict Bree (Melissa Benoist) — are estranged and tangled up in a fishing net of relationship issues.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • But his most recent move also runs the risk the U.S. is now enmeshed in another war in a volatile region — with perilous and uncertain consequences.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • Minnesota is both unique and yet fully enmeshed in the same political, cultural, and ideological battles gripping the nation.
    David Schultz, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • Tennis and fashion have always been deeply intertwined — long before the tenniscore aesthetic earned its TikTok-viral wings.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
  • The dispute over the president's attempt to unwind birthright citizenship has become intertwined with the administration's battle against nationwide injunctions.
    June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Most horror flicks entrap their characters in one location or put them in some sort of unique, tense situation (think: satanic possession, or pissing off the wrong truck driver, attracting the wrong person, etc.), but in Final Destination, Death works with the great mundane canvas of ordinary life.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2025
  • Early motherhood entraps them—and their children—in a bleak socioeconomic cycle that’s almost impossible to break.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • First on the docket is a pile of cords knotted together, ensnaring an eyelash curler and a pen.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 June 2025
  • The areas surrounding downtown, which Solis represents, have been been hit particularly hard, amid protests, a curfew and a raid at Ambiance Apparel that ensnared dozens of people.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025

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“Entangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entangle. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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