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
Zelizer said Trump’s financial entanglements might be the most monarchical part of his administration.
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Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The Republic’s first decades were shaped by the rivalry between the British and French empires, and George Washington used his farewell address to warn his countrymen against permanent foreign entanglements.
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Ian Bremmer,
Time,
25 June 2026
Thankfully, though, there are plenty of other personal and professional entanglements to share in the spotlight.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
And then there is a string of new romantic entanglements.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
While whaling is no longer a threat to the species, their existence is still threatened by ship strikes, entanglements in fishing gear, underwater noise and the effects of climate change, according to the NOAA.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
From 2000 to 2022, Santa Rosa County, where Navarre Beach is located, accounted for 56% of fishing pier entanglements reported along Florida's Gulf Coast, according to a study by researchers at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Even for independent companies with AI ambitions or big tech entanglements, there could be reasons for being cautious around the film.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 June 2026
Gonzales has made no secret of her criticism of Hickenlooper’s current financial entanglements.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
The Republic’s first decades were shaped by the rivalry between the British and French empires, and George Washington used his farewell address to warn his countrymen against permanent foreign entanglements.
—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
25 June 2026
Thankfully, though, there are plenty of other personal and professional entanglements to share in the spotlight.
—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
And then there is a string of new romantic entanglements.
—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
While whaling is no longer a threat to the species, their existence is still threatened by ship strikes, entanglements in fishing gear, underwater noise and the effects of climate change, according to the NOAA.
—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
From 2000 to 2022, Santa Rosa County, where Navarre Beach is located, accounted for 56% of fishing pier entanglements reported along Florida's Gulf Coast, according to a study by researchers at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Even for independent companies with AI ambitions or big tech entanglements, there could be reasons for being cautious around the film.
—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 June 2026
Gonzales has made no secret of her criticism of Hickenlooper’s current financial entanglements.
—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglements
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This Levoit vacuum just dropped under $200, and its impressive ability to pick up hair without any tangles is a pet owner’s dream.
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Tuohy found that only our top overall robovac pick, the Matic, did a better job on hard surfaces, while the Saros 20’s DuoDivide brush is designed to resist hair tangles, reducing the amount of maintenance required.
Noun
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This is because the infrastructure of the city traps in all of the heat that built up during the day, thus preventing a normal nocturnal cooldown seen in non-urban settings.
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One of the biggest traps organizations fall into is assuming employees already know what behaviors are valued.
Noun
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Microservices introduced flexibility but also required service meshes, observability platforms and policy controls.
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Functional mapping techniques, for instance, can relate similar shapes but are restricted to open-loop motions on clean meshes.
Noun
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Further down the street, a troupe of drummers held court with a mix of snares and bass.
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Studio engineers often added percussion accents like shakers or tambourines, or handclaps layered on the snares, using a combination of texture and mathematical precision to keep heads and hips moving.
Noun
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And who knows if, with chef Mario Carbone, part of those labyrinths will be repurposed into wineries for fine wines.
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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.
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There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.
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Both were premised on the idea of frictionless ease, liberating their users from outmoded toils.
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Jeane used the example not to say that any of the three were in danger of closing, but to point out one of the enrollment quagmires in the district that covers 70 square miles.
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Despite a few diversions along the way, Minney keeps returning to craft as a solution to fashion’s many quagmires.
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“Entanglements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglements. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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