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
Humpback whales — which are found throughout all the Earth’s oceans — regularly face threats from entanglements with fishing gear, in addition to vessel strikes and ocean noise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Nurse Chapel concludes that sleep, friends, and romantic entanglements have been hampering her productivity.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Trump must decide whether to double down on old GOP orthodoxy or align with a base increasingly skeptical of foreign entanglements.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The proper role instead is to avoid entanglements and let companies rise or fall on their own merits under neutral ground rules ensuring that contracts are enforced, and that property is secure and protected.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Balancing razor-sharp courtroom battles with messy entanglements at home, Reasonable Doubt continues to explore the complexities of ambition, desire, and survival through Jax’s unapologetic lens.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Aug. 2025
The result has been an increase in products that come without legal entanglements, which means there are products that can contain other types of mushrooms, including lions mane, chaga, reishi, maitake and a genus of mushrooms called Amanita, which can be hallucinogenic.
—Joshua Kellogg, The Conversation, 15 Aug. 2025
Robert had his own romantic entanglements, of course, and was the third member of a famous love triangle between former grifter Holly (Emma Samms) and fellow spy Anna Devane (Finola Hughes).
—Giana Levy, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
With original music, romantic entanglements, and the raw highs and lows of coming-of-age, The Runarounds captures the rush of risking everything at the edge of adulthood to chase your dreams.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Nurse Chapel concludes that sleep, friends, and romantic entanglements have been hampering her productivity.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Trump must decide whether to double down on old GOP orthodoxy or align with a base increasingly skeptical of foreign entanglements.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The proper role instead is to avoid entanglements and let companies rise or fall on their own merits under neutral ground rules ensuring that contracts are enforced, and that property is secure and protected.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Balancing razor-sharp courtroom battles with messy entanglements at home, Reasonable Doubt continues to explore the complexities of ambition, desire, and survival through Jax’s unapologetic lens.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Aug. 2025
The result has been an increase in products that come without legal entanglements, which means there are products that can contain other types of mushrooms, including lions mane, chaga, reishi, maitake and a genus of mushrooms called Amanita, which can be hallucinogenic.
—Joshua Kellogg, The Conversation, 15 Aug. 2025
Robert had his own romantic entanglements, of course, and was the third member of a famous love triangle between former grifter Holly (Emma Samms) and fellow spy Anna Devane (Finola Hughes).
—Giana Levy, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
With original music, romantic entanglements, and the raw highs and lows of coming-of-age, The Runarounds captures the rush of risking everything at the edge of adulthood to chase your dreams.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglements
Noun
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English also says that protective or tight styles can also lead to matting if left in too long, by compacting tangles at the base.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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Peralta leaders had kicked around the idea for years but avoided discussing it in concrete terms, with bureaucratic tangles often getting in the way.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Her latest project, monitoring 50 camera traps in the understudied Atascosa highlands region in southern Arizona resulted in a remarkable discovery.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Of course, there are traps to avoid.—
S.W. Miliano,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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DCaaS redirects this from linear consultancy hours to always-on insight meshes.—
Akhilesh Sharma,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 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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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
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Her books, with their Borgesian labyrinths and witchy symmetries, sometimes flirt with nonsense.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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This has been a turbulent window for Villa, not only against the backdrop of such challenges but also the toils involved in moving current players on.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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