ENTOILING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

entoiling

verb

present participle of entoil

as in trapping

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

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Kathmandu, Nepal — Two people have been rescued from a tunnel in Nepal and voices have been heard, nine days after massive flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-China border trapping hundreds of workers inside multiple Himalayan energy projects.

— Bhadra Sharma, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Alternatively, a short bootie is a closet staple and offers protection from the elements without trapping heat around your calves.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2026

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There are also the journalists, the athletes, and the kids who spend sunny days doing contact improv, which was invented at Oberlin, tangling their limbs in the grass outside the library.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Tie Loose Strings Tie sashes and strings to prevent tangling.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026

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