entangling

present participle of entangle
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Recent Examples of entangling German military drills last month in the northern port city of Hamburg demonstrated how like a spider, a large military drone shot a net at a smaller one in mid-flight, entangling its propellers and forcing it to the ground, where a robotic dog trotted over to seek possible explosives. Reuters, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025 The group also performed a two-qubit entangling gate with 98% fidelity, single-qubit rotations, and heating rate tests. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025 The new Netflix India original Saare Jahan Se Accha is the fictional story of the entangling worlds of various spies from India, Pakistan, Russia and America. Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entangling
Verb
  • This will help prevent tangling and stretching during the wash cycle.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Suncast resin hose hideaway prevents cracking, tangling and freezing as temperatures drop.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This gives them an advantage when trapping the animals.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • There’s the bar across the street, whose customers sometimes park their cars on the sidewalks and in front of The Grand’s garage exits, trapping residents inside.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Comcast has expressed interest in acquiring all or part of Warner, Semafor can confirm, complicating life for both David Zaslav and Paramount, which has lost its head start in the bidding.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Other lawsuits also are complicating decision-making.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The pattern is described as a decorative textile craft that utilizes knotting instead of weaving or knitting to craft apparel or decorative items.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • After losing the first two games of the ALCS, the Canadian club fought back in Seattle, knotting the series 2-2 and earning the emotional edge.
    Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last September, when news broke that another friend of Kraus’s, the journalist Olivia Nuzzi, had exchanged intimate texts with Kennedy, Kraus wrote a Substack post accusing Nuzzi of ensnaring Kennedy and insulted her looks on Instagram.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • On another, the Internal Revenue Code stands ready with its expatriation tax regime—potentially ensnaring not only those who voluntarily renounce their citizenship but also those whose citizenship is stripped away.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This Halloween treasure features four intertwining tales of mischief and menace.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The sequel to Lu Yang’s 2021 fantasy action hit, from Huace Pictures, continues the meta-narrative of intertwining fiction and reality, with Lei Jiayin reprising his role alongside Dong Zijian and Yang Mi.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Entangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entangling. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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