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 That could lead to ever widening escalation, with devastating effects for the region and American entanglement in a war that few Americans want. Ilan Goldenberg, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2025 That's because quantum calculations depend on things like entanglement and each qubit being in a superposition between its two values; measurements can cause all that to collapse, producing definitive values and ending entanglement. ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025 One additionally promising finding was that areas with plastic bag bans also seemed to have fewer wildlife entanglement incidents compared to areas without, as reported by the citizen science data. Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 19 June 2025 Now the sentiment that Trump helped cultivate of keeping America out of foreign entanglements is being directed squarely back at him by high-profile supporters within the MAGA movement, who are warning about the U.S. getting involved in a military campaign against Iran. Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for entanglement
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  • About a dozen streets on it bore names; the rest was a tangle of lines.
    The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
  • That development was paused amid a tangle of lawsuits in 2023 and 2024, but is moving forward after the cases were resolved in November and March.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2025
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  • Wolves are killed across the Northern Rockies using steel-jawed traps, neck snares, packs of dogs and even snowmobiles.
    Jim Martin, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
  • Furthermore, Indigenous peoples used Amelanchier branches to craft arrow shafts, baskets, ropes, fish traps, and tools for unearthing root crops, writes Jeffrey A. Hart.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
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  • Each insurance company seems to have its own labyrinth of portals and billing procedures.
    Paulina Wierzbicka, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, in a labyrinth of fortified tunnels outside the city of Natanz, centrifuges spun at speeds too fast for the eye to track.
    Nik Popli, Time, 19 June 2025
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  • Identity Theft companies can monitor personal information like your Social Security Number (SSN), phone number, and email address and alert you if it is being sold on the dark web or being used to open an account.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • This content uses JavaScript and WebGL features that are not supported or blocked by your web browser or device.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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  • The locations are based on Universal’s successful Halloween Horror Nights in Florida and California, which feature elaborate haunted houses and mazes.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
  • The Las Vegas location will open with four haunted mazes.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025

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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglement. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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