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also immesh
as in to entrap
to catch or hold as if in a net
soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention
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When first responders arrived on the scene, the plane, which had already burst into flames, was enmeshed inside a mobile home, Clearwater Fire Chief Scott Ehlers told reporters.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2024
Since the start of the year, WBD has been enmeshed in big public battles seemingly of its own making.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
It was created by Bigfoot, a startup founded by former Airbnb executives Alex Ward, James Robinson, and Shane Lykins that purports to enmesh the minds of GPT-4o and Claude 3 Haiku in addition to 50 information sources such as EventBrite and Google Places.
—Natasha Bernal, WIRED, 19 July 2024
In 1984, Democrat Rep. Geraldine Ferraro became enmeshed in controversy over her husband's finances.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2024
Since the start of the year, WBD has been enmeshed in big public battles seemingly of its own making.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
It was created by Bigfoot, a startup founded by former Airbnb executives Alex Ward, James Robinson, and Shane Lykins that purports to enmesh the minds of GPT-4o and Claude 3 Haiku in addition to 50 information sources such as EventBrite and Google Places.
—Natasha Bernal, WIRED, 19 July 2024
In 1984, Democrat Rep. Geraldine Ferraro became enmeshed in controversy over her husband's finances.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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“Enmesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmesh. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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