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
The characters are diverse and multifaceted, grappling with issues like identity, faith, romantic entanglements and more.
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Deena Elgenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Unexpected Christmas the film revolves around the romantic entanglements, family secrets, old rivalries — and love — that ensue when the Scott family comes together for a holiday reunion.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Most of the rest of the Middle East, in his mind, is broken, angry, dysfunctional and an arena for unnecessary entanglements.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Mercury closes out its time in Libra in your depth and transformation sector, encouraging you to clear lingering energetic debts or financial entanglements.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
Are financial entanglements raining on your parade?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
This season, audiences can expect sharp legal battles, juicy entanglements, and plenty of twists.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
The fictional Westside Hospital is a hotbed of conflicting romantic entanglements, along with infectious diseases.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The actress' emergency diversion tactic occurred shortly after Goldberg was shown holding her head in her hands after Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin spoke about romantic entanglements.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Deena Elgenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Unexpected Christmas the film revolves around the romantic entanglements, family secrets, old rivalries — and love — that ensue when the Scott family comes together for a holiday reunion.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Most of the rest of the Middle East, in his mind, is broken, angry, dysfunctional and an arena for unnecessary entanglements.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Mercury closes out its time in Libra in your depth and transformation sector, encouraging you to clear lingering energetic debts or financial entanglements.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
Are financial entanglements raining on your parade?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
This season, audiences can expect sharp legal battles, juicy entanglements, and plenty of twists.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
The fictional Westside Hospital is a hotbed of conflicting romantic entanglements, along with infectious diseases.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The actress' emergency diversion tactic occurred shortly after Goldberg was shown holding her head in her hands after Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin spoke about romantic entanglements.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglements
Noun
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And not just vague signs, actual amyloid plaques and tau tangles, the same hallmarks seen in human patients.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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There are piles of rubble and tangles of cable.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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GahnSmith is joined by Jay Frandsen, a Parks ecosystem scientist conducting water surveys and checking camera traps along the journey.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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Even experienced users can fall for these traps.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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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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But those Prince-like snares are rounded out with a full string orchestra of Swedish musicians.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 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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