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
For a guy who swore off foreign entanglements, Trump has the United States as tangled as a cheap fishing reel.
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Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 9 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
The leading causes of harm to the whales are linked to human interference; entanglements in fishing gear and boat and ship collisions have resulted in significant increases in sickness, injury, and death.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
The president strode into office with a promise to turn the page on America’s decades of foreign entanglements.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The first act does the important work of establishing Marty’s desire for sports superstardom as well as his penchant for getting himself into ridiculous entanglements.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
To avoid dangerous entanglements, strong states should do more of this.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
Since 2015, there have been delays in all but one commercial Dungeness season in the Bay Area, mostly because of whale entanglements.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
For example, in California, the limit is three entanglements of humpback whales before triggering a calendar-year closure of commercial fishing; the MMPA changes could raise that limit to 30 entanglements, Shester said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 9 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
The leading causes of harm to the whales are linked to human interference; entanglements in fishing gear and boat and ship collisions have resulted in significant increases in sickness, injury, and death.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
The president strode into office with a promise to turn the page on America’s decades of foreign entanglements.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
The first act does the important work of establishing Marty’s desire for sports superstardom as well as his penchant for getting himself into ridiculous entanglements.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025
To avoid dangerous entanglements, strong states should do more of this.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
Since 2015, there have been delays in all but one commercial Dungeness season in the Bay Area, mostly because of whale entanglements.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
For example, in California, the limit is three entanglements of humpback whales before triggering a calendar-year closure of commercial fishing; the MMPA changes could raise that limit to 30 entanglements, Shester said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
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The report stated that an inspector went to the store to investigate and learned that managers were aware of a rodent problem and had traps beneath the shelves.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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For best results, install traps along walls, under appliances, and in other dark corners where mice are active and check the traps daily so mice don’t stay confined for long.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
7 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
Noun
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In other parts of the state, hoop nets and crab snares may be used.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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But those Prince-like snares are rounded out with a full string orchestra of Swedish musicians.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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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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Pet sharks and underground labyrinths, unwelcome doppelgängers and vegetable-hungry monster-rabbits, rogue planets heading for Earth and diabolical Red Wizards—what do all these share in common?—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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
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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 19 Jan. 2026.
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