as in traps
something that catches and holds
the representative was forced to resign after getting caught in a noose of lies and corruption
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Recent Examples of nooses
For almost a decade, the company headed by Elon Musk has been trying to fend off allegations that the assembly line in Tesla’s Fremont plant was a hostile work environment filled with racist slurs, graffiti and drawings of nooses and swastikas.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Some right-wing lawmakers wore gold nooses to Monday's session.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
Tensions between Black and White high school students escalate after nooses were hung from a tree to taunt Black students.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
The move capped back-and-forth revisions of the Coast Guard policy on swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols that had sparked an uproar.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Since the shoulder seams unfasten under pressure, the armholes can't be used as makeshift nooses, either.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 17 Dec. 2025
After news broke of the Coast Guard’s plan to downgrade the language on swastikas and nooses, Lunday quickly released a memo to all service personnel that condemned both symbols and said they were not allowed in the workplace.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025
In the yard, decorations include nooses, hanging bodies, guards in towers and barbed wire fences.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Bags full of nooses had already been found.
—Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Some right-wing lawmakers wore gold nooses to Monday's session.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
Tensions between Black and White high school students escalate after nooses were hung from a tree to taunt Black students.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
The move capped back-and-forth revisions of the Coast Guard policy on swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols that had sparked an uproar.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Since the shoulder seams unfasten under pressure, the armholes can't be used as makeshift nooses, either.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 17 Dec. 2025
After news broke of the Coast Guard’s plan to downgrade the language on swastikas and nooses, Lunday quickly released a memo to all service personnel that condemned both symbols and said they were not allowed in the workplace.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025
In the yard, decorations include nooses, hanging bodies, guards in towers and barbed wire fences.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Bags full of nooses had already been found.
—Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nooses
Noun
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Iran laid traps and moved more military personnel and air defenses to Kharg, sources previously told CNN.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Health inspectors found rodent droppings under the soda fountain and unclean traps.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Scratched carpets are buried under tangles of wires and computing gear.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Fortune,
12 May 2026
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Scratched carpets are buried under tangles of wires and computing gear.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
6 Dec. 2024
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Its pointed arches, flying buttresses and piers sprouting ribs that branched like spider webs helped usher in the Gothic age.—
Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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All day, the spokespeople for the city and the arena sniped at each other in statements about the security around MSG and the fate of a watch party caught in the snares.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Studio engineers often added percussion accents like shakers or tambourines, or handclaps layered on the snares, using a combination of texture and mathematical precision to keep heads and hips moving.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Sharks often become bycatch – entangled in fishing nets not intended for them, they are rendered helpless and face certain death.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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The Pace and Nature of Change In the early pages of the book, Viswanathan goes into some of the ways that neural nets are bringing us a new reality.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Gonzales has made no secret of her criticism of Hickenlooper’s current financial entanglements.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
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Mercury — now in Cancer and your eighth house of joint ventures and psychological motivations — will clash with Saturn, which could trigger serious conversations around dating, children or even financial entanglements.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Her books, with their Borgesian labyrinths and witchy symmetries, sometimes flirt with nonsense.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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While Yá searches for her identity through dreams of a Jaguar Woman, Jorge guides her through the labyrinths of the biggest metropolis in South America.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
29 July 2025
Noun
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And yet the very same characters who are most entangled in history’s meshes sometimes briefly wriggle free.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2026
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Compared with rigid metal meshes, CNTF fabrics showed more uniform heating behavior and fewer hot spots.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Nooses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nooses. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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