as in entanglement
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Noun
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Devon would be a welcome way out of all this entanglement, but can James see a path forward with Dani?—
Ryan Coleman Published,
EW.com,
11 Aug. 2025 -
Many foreign leaders, lobbyists, and executives who might otherwise have paid handsomely for the Trump hotel’s location and luxury stayed elsewhere, fearing entanglement in an influence scandal.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When fire crews arrived, the situation was quickly escalated to a two-alarm fire due to reports of entrapment.—
Lexi Harpster,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Aug. 2025
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Tour the American Cave Museum at 119 E Main St., in Horse Cave, Kentucky, which is home to artifacts and newspaper articles about Floyd’s life, his days as an explorer and his entrapment and tragic death.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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This betrayal directly led to a fatal ambush in the Philippines where David’s entire U.S. intelligence team was wiped out, except for him.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
13 Aug. 2025
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The systematic obstruction of congressional oversight, inhumane detention conditions and courthouse ambush operation at 26 Federal Plaza represent a fundamental threat to the rule of law.—
Murad Awawdeh,
New York Daily News,
30 July 2025
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Rich and famous people with much, much better things to do are willingly humiliating themselves on Hot Ones, a web show that invites celebrities to eat hot wings while answering interview questions and that sold last year for $82.5 million.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
18 Aug. 2025
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The discovery provides a new glimpse into the complex web of human evolution.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Envelopment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envelopment. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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