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as in tangled
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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Recent Examples of enmeshed
As summer gives way to fall—cooler nights, busier days—there are more opportunities to be present, to be deliberate, to be enmeshed in the dailiness of one’s life.
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Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Lam advocates for a broad reintroduction of discretion, through which people enmeshed in bureaucracies would be given more room to make individual decisions.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
As Stewart makes clear, conjuring has been enmeshed in American life for centuries.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
In addition, crucial societal and business-minded tradeoffs are fully enmeshed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
According to PwC, only 19% of younger fans watched an entire game when at home, and usually are enmeshed in another activity at the same time.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
The child of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Stiller was enmeshed in the entertainment industry even before turning pro.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Lam advocates for a broad reintroduction of discretion, through which people enmeshed in bureaucracies would be given more room to make individual decisions.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
As Stewart makes clear, conjuring has been enmeshed in American life for centuries.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
In addition, crucial societal and business-minded tradeoffs are fully enmeshed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
According to PwC, only 19% of younger fans watched an entire game when at home, and usually are enmeshed in another activity at the same time.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
The child of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Stiller was enmeshed in the entertainment industry even before turning pro.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enmeshed
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Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a veteran tangled haplessly up in good intentions and a life of petty crime.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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He got tangled up in a rundown with two other future Hall of Famers, George Kell and Luis Aparicio.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Swift was initially ensnared in the fight when Baldoni filed a dueling defamation lawsuit against Lively that included claims Swift was present during a pivotal meeting at Lively’s Tribeca penthouse that involved Lively’s efforts to make changes to the movie script.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Citizens of richer countries, like South Korea, have been ensnared and tortured in Cambodia’s scam compounds, though the Cambodian National Police deny this.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Trying to pin down what a novelist actually believes is a sure way to get trapped in a labyrinth of misreadings and fallacies.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Juno orbits Jupiter once every 33 days, and the trajectory brings the spacecraft through intense radiation belts trapped by the planet's powerful magnetic field.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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In this version, Washington stars as the head of Stackin’ Records, who gets entrapped in a ransom plot.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
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But Brown became entangled in a controversy of her own this spring when she was indicted alongside her two adult daughters on charges of wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud used to falsely obtain pandemic relief loans.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Great Commission was also set up and is being run by some of David Jang's most prominent disciples, including those within Olivet University leadership and some of those entangled in the sect's legal problems.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The city is exploring closer offshore sand sources, and also recently tested gray sand from British Columbia to see how the grains meshed near the lifeguard headquarters.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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The album meshed a loose, indie-rock approach with the sounds of late ’80s R&B and early ’90s pop, as Variety‘s Thania Garcia wrote in her review of the album.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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The document appears to help Cook’s case, said two real-estate experts who aren’t involved in representing her.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Zach Bryan and Gavin Adcock were involved in a heated confrontation that nearly turned physical at the Born & Raised Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
14 Sep. 2025
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The 36-year-old safety was selected 29th overall in the 2012 draft and is the NFL's active leader in interceptions with 37 snared in his career.—
Trevor Squire,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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James Trafford, a former City academy kid signed from Burnley in the summer, found himself in that scenario as Tottenham pushed five players forward in a narrow and high press that snared the home side’s Nico Gonzalez.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Enmeshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enmeshed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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