as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net
entoiled by the strings of fate
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The three skiers who were not trapped in the avalanche then began a companion search and were able to rescue three of the victims alive, the report said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026 -
The script was assembled from real arguments between the couple, reframed as a cinematic metaphor for being trapped in a communicative spiral, as their characters’ attempts to reconnect devolve into murder.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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If travel plans or deliveries get tangled, confirm details ASAP, before problems get any bigger.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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In another sequence, Jokic, Dort and Oklahoma City’s Aaron Wiggins got tangled up in the backcourt during a live ball as play continued at the opposite end of the court.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Entoiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entoiled. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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