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as in tangled
to twist together into a usually confused mass
in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires
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as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net
the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies
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as in complicated
to make complex or difficult
the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits
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Recent Examples of entangled
Rumer Willis is entangled in a tense legal battle with ex Derek Richard Thomas regarding custody of their 3-year-old daughter, Louetta.
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Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 29 May 2026
The scientists entangled two qubits kept at temperatures near absolute zero at the opposing ends of a 30-meter-long tube.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
Ali becomes romantically entangled with an older boy named Knuck and falls in love with music, but female relationships form the core of the story.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Quantum physics posits that particles are not discrete but entangled—that everything is connected.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
But the history of sterilization is also deeply entangled with coercion in the form of racial targeting, invalid consent and state control.
—Kimberly Turner, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
Someone Else's Husband by Kimberly McCreight Gretchen Falk, a Park Avenue socialite with a seemingly perfect life, becomes entangled in a crisis when her husband Richard joins a Mount Kilimanjaro expedition that ends in tragedy and scandal.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
The latest in a string of shows about a nice-seeming suburban mom entangled in a web of improbably dark crime, this iteration stars Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, and Dolly De Leon.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Meanwhile, the nation was entangled in costly foreign wars whose justifications seemed far removed from the immediate safety of Britain.
—Danielle Allen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 29 May 2026
The scientists entangled two qubits kept at temperatures near absolute zero at the opposing ends of a 30-meter-long tube.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
Ali becomes romantically entangled with an older boy named Knuck and falls in love with music, but female relationships form the core of the story.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Quantum physics posits that particles are not discrete but entangled—that everything is connected.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
But the history of sterilization is also deeply entangled with coercion in the form of racial targeting, invalid consent and state control.
—Kimberly Turner, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
Someone Else's Husband by Kimberly McCreight Gretchen Falk, a Park Avenue socialite with a seemingly perfect life, becomes entangled in a crisis when her husband Richard joins a Mount Kilimanjaro expedition that ends in tragedy and scandal.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
The latest in a string of shows about a nice-seeming suburban mom entangled in a web of improbably dark crime, this iteration stars Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, and Dolly De Leon.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Meanwhile, the nation was entangled in costly foreign wars whose justifications seemed far removed from the immediate safety of Britain.
—Danielle Allen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entangled
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Representative Mike Collins and former football coach Derek Dooley are tangled in a bitter contest that’s headed to a runoff on June 16.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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The Thunder’s history on May 28 is troubled and tangled.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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But then those detectives were deposed and trapped themselves in lies.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
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The vehicle caught fire, and the suspect driver, who was trapped inside, died in the crash, according to deputies.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Israel’s strikes and ground invasion in Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah, and the militant group’s resistance to disarming, have complicated an overall deal to end the war in the Middle East.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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The team's participation in the World Cup, jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, has been complicated by the Iran war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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Grace Trahan started the rally with a pair of consecutive goals before Olivia Cipriano knotted the game at four on a slick find from Carmichael.—
Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
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The Stanley Cup Final shifted to Las Vegas for Game 3 with the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes knotted at 1-1 after splitting the opening two games in Raleigh.—
Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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The film makes the resonant if not heavy-handed point that the world, and women, favors taller people, that masculine value is enmeshed with height—an argument that the face of the looksmaxxing movement, Clavicular, extends to other self-mutilation practices that aim to make men more beautiful.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Mars is becoming easier to sight, after being enmeshed in the bright twilight glow for nearly a year.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Maryland’s identity is intertwined with the luminous blue crab, which builds up fat reserves in the cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay during winter hibernation, giving it a bold, rich flavor.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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For Democratic lawmakers, data centers present a difficult balancing act between unions and environmentalists, two constituencies historically intertwined with the political party.—
Jack O'Connor,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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