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as in tangling
to twist together into a usually confused mass
in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires
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as in trapping
to catch or hold as if in a net
the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies
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as in complicating
to make complex or difficult
the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits
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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.
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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
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
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This will help prevent tangling and stretching during the wash cycle.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Suncast resin hose hideaway prevents cracking, tangling and freezing as temperatures drop.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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This gives them an advantage when trapping the animals.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Other lawsuits also are complicating decision-making.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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This Halloween treasure features four intertwining tales of mischief and menace.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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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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