as in tangles
something that catches and holds
his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements
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Recent Examples of entanglements
Many of the schools promptly cut ties with The PhD Project after the investigation was opened, in order to avoid entanglements with the administration.
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Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Many of the schools promptly cut ties with the PhD Project after the investigation was opened, in order to avoid entanglements with the administration.
—Jocelyn Gecker, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Watch out for emotional entanglements.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2026
My guiding principle would be protecting American interests while avoiding unnecessary entanglements—making decisions grounded in facts, realism, and a clear understanding of the regional, economic, and security implications involved.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Tune in to Planet Money's explainer on the heart-balm tort, a type of lawsuit reserved for economic entanglements of the heart.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 13 Feb. 2026
What follows is a brief history of the Muppets’ literary entanglements.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
Yet despite the growing global consensus that all trysts should start on the opposite sides of a hockey puck, most real-life skating entanglements occur between athletes on the same team.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
Sudden shifts in intimacy or financial entanglements can disrupt what once felt fun, flirtatious or uncomplicated.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
Many of the schools promptly cut ties with the PhD Project after the investigation was opened, in order to avoid entanglements with the administration.
—Jocelyn Gecker, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Watch out for emotional entanglements.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2026
My guiding principle would be protecting American interests while avoiding unnecessary entanglements—making decisions grounded in facts, realism, and a clear understanding of the regional, economic, and security implications involved.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Tune in to Planet Money's explainer on the heart-balm tort, a type of lawsuit reserved for economic entanglements of the heart.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 13 Feb. 2026
What follows is a brief history of the Muppets’ literary entanglements.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
Yet despite the growing global consensus that all trysts should start on the opposite sides of a hockey puck, most real-life skating entanglements occur between athletes on the same team.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
Sudden shifts in intimacy or financial entanglements can disrupt what once felt fun, flirtatious or uncomplicated.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglements
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The hippocampus of SuperAgers also has three times fewer tau tangles, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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In some cases, brain scans can be used to detect these tangles when diagnosing Alzheimer’s.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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But having dodged the traps of the social media news era, The Economist now faces looming long-term structural challenges that may be more difficult to avoid.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Wash every 1–2 weeks (more often with pets or lotions) since flannel traps oils and lint.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
22 Feb. 2026
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Ensuring Service-To-Service Integrity In modern architectures, applications are composed of microservices that rely on one another through APIs, messaging queues and service meshes.—
Ronak Desai,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stylistically, Wilson’s top-end speed and willingness to go over the middle to make contested catches meshes with Rodgers.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Hi-hats and snares appear in fragmentary bursts, icy synths precipitate and evaporate, and Zel slithers wryly in the cut.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
25 Feb. 2026
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One photographer visited Uganda and captured the striking image of a mountain of snares, used to trap wildlife and confiscated by the nation’s rangers.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Separated by labyrinths of creeks and smaller cays, each one represents a stepping stone away from civilization, Parrish told me.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Both were premised on the idea of frictionless ease, liberating their users from outmoded toils.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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The conceit of narrating a year in one’s life through the toils and sensations of the kitchen is one that many have taken up before.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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But these occupations soon became bloody quagmires, with hundreds of military and tens of thousands of civilian casualties.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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But this is the wrong time for political sideshows or ethical quagmires.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Entanglements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglements. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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