ENTOILED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

entoiled

verb

past tense of entoil

as in trapped

to catch or hold as if in a net entoiled by the strings of fate

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The driver of the semi-truck was trapped inside the cab and was extricated by crews before being transported to the hospital for evaluation.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Last November, a 45-year-old man died after he was trapped inside a donation box in Houston and was unable to breathe, officials said.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

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June 21 – July 22 Money or trust could expose where comfort and control have gotten tangled.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2026
Almost every 22-minute chapter here follows the same comfortably familiar outline, with the leads getting acclimated to a new universe, getting tangled up in a life-or-death showdown and then fleeing to the next one.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

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