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
Curated by Aily Nash and Tyler Wilson, the latter program zoomed in on the myriad entanglements between the bodily and the virtual that are exacerbated by new technologies.
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Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
But the few lessons learned from January’s whirlwind, and indeed Trump’s previous entanglements with Iran, suggest his military options ahead in the Gulf are limited, and far from great.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Though the rope suggests tidy metaphors of unity, coherence, and formal integrity, a playful but insistent messiness effloresces in Simms’s entanglements, throwing any seeming wholeness into question.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Local accountability mechanisms are constrained by federal oversight, partisan entanglements, and a long history of selective enforcement.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Saturn and Neptune will be conjoining in Aries on February 20, which might wipe the slate clean where financial entanglements, clients, and other sources of support are involved.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Financial entanglements, unpaid debts or unequal exchanges come into focus.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Contracts, loan agreements, and other financial entanglements could be the focal point of such discussions.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
However, the property has been mired in various legal and financial entanglements including foreclosure threats.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
But the few lessons learned from January’s whirlwind, and indeed Trump’s previous entanglements with Iran, suggest his military options ahead in the Gulf are limited, and far from great.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Though the rope suggests tidy metaphors of unity, coherence, and formal integrity, a playful but insistent messiness effloresces in Simms’s entanglements, throwing any seeming wholeness into question.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Local accountability mechanisms are constrained by federal oversight, partisan entanglements, and a long history of selective enforcement.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Saturn and Neptune will be conjoining in Aries on February 20, which might wipe the slate clean where financial entanglements, clients, and other sources of support are involved.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Financial entanglements, unpaid debts or unequal exchanges come into focus.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Contracts, loan agreements, and other financial entanglements could be the focal point of such discussions.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
However, the property has been mired in various legal and financial entanglements including foreclosure threats.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglements
Noun
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Accessories should be minimal and delicate, to avoid any tangles mid-journey.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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But the seven-member volunteer commission — long expected to take the reins from OPD’s federal overseers — still seems to be struggling to gain footing within Oakland’s complex bureaucratic tangles.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Sticky traps are available at garden centers and from online retailers.—
Jon VanZile,
The Spruce,
30 Jan. 2026
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As disturbing clues emerge and a shadowy figure traps Whitney in a deadly game of survival, mother and daughter are thrust onto parallel paths of terror.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 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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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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The team used non-invasive survey tools, including 285 hair snares and 135 remote cameras, to collect the information from a 150-square-mile area, the institute said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 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
Noun
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How Tielemans overcame early toils is often used as a source of encouragement by new additions who seem peripheral at first.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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 9 Feb. 2026.
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