as in tangle
something that catches and holds his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements

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Recent Examples of entanglement Having declared that Combs was a heavy drug user and a resorted to domestic violence in their opening statement on May 12, the defense tend to treat the damning footage as an example of a consensual entanglement, noting that Combs did eventually let Ventura leave the Intercontinental hotel. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 May 2025 Join 1 other in the comments View Comments Trump’s crypto entanglements are particularly worrying, according to Libowitz, for two reasons. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 14 May 2025 His romantic entanglements with men over the years. Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025 The company’s Quantum network entanglement chip is a research prototype that enables quantum networks to scale and connect quantum processors for practical applications. Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for entanglement
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Noun
  • Taking inspiration from the CAR T-cell technology used to provide personalized cancer treatments, researchers have conducted a proof-of-concept study showing how similar compounds can precisely target protein tangles and plaques in the brain.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 12 June 2025
  • To get started, take care of the tangles throughout your hair strands.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Mazzotti said iguanas love the color red — biologists often lure them into traps with red flowers, strawberries or even red marbles.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2025
  • During their surveys, researchers set up mist nets of various sizes and waited to see what flew into the traps, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The city’s extensive labyrinth of catacombs was nearby as well, underground ossuaries crammed full of the skeletal remains of millions of Parisians.
    Anelise Chen June 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
  • Infant formula is also highly regulated, presenting any new entrant with a labyrinth of hoops to jump through.
    Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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  • Last year, Florida’s Department of Health also experienced a breach that caused death certificate delays and led to thousands of records, including HIV test results, detailed doctors notes and immunization and virus testing records ending up on the dark web.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
  • Credential dumps from breached companies are traded daily on the dark web.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Elsewhere, Neo’s office building becomes a maze of cubicles.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
  • The Mackenzie River Delta is a maze of lakes and waterways stretching hundreds of square miles.
    Gavin John, New York Times, 31 May 2025

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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglement. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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