as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net
entoiled by the strings of fate
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During the storm, Mamdani was shovelling out a car trapped near public housing in Bed-Stuy.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Some of these birds are trapped and treated multiple times, sometimes in the same year.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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In a game a year before Dunleavy brushed off getting knocked over by Antetokounmpo in the playoffs, he got tangled up with then-Sacramento Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Read on for tips to keep from getting tangled in the knots.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Entoiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entoiled. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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