as in tangle
something that catches and holds
legal tanglements stemming from the museum's refusal to return the looted carvings
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Noun
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Leaving sheets in the dryer for an extended period gives them more opportunity to wrinkle or tangle.—
Anyssa Roberts,
The Spruce,
5 Feb. 2026 -
The debate took place against the backdrop of a tangle of state policies.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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But talking about identity has ever-shifting rules and hierarchies that amount to bear-traps that can spring at any time.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the bottom of your dishwasher, there’s a small trap that’s meant to catch food particles and debris that’s rinsed off your plates during the wash cycle.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
8 Feb. 2026
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But within the vast city and its surrounding subregions lies a diverse web of culture that draws people from all over the world, including many of La-La Land’s biggest stars.—
Architectural Digest,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2026
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ChatGPT's early lead among individual users appears to be shortening as rivals like Google’s Gemini close in on its app and web market share—a shift that could complicate the company’s reported plans to IPO later this year.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Employees in bright teal polos walked the floor with smiles on their faces, ready to answer any of our questions or direct us through the labyrinth of a store.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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Round touch screens in various rooms took us through a labyrinth of tiny-text options just to set the temperature to 68 degrees.—
Jason Fried,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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Quantum systems promise new ways to solve specific classes of problems by exploiting superposition and entanglement.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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While undoubtedly xenophobic in nature, these questions highlight their acute ignorance about the place that birthed Bad Bunny, and its ongoing entanglement with the United States.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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The triple-digit summer heat literally drove many of them underground, a maze of shops, living quarters, Buddhist temples, saloons and gambling halls.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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On another dominant shift by the top line, Pastrnak made a nice backhand pass to Geekie (29) in the left circle and Geekie’s shot made it through a maze of players to beat Quick for Pastrnak’s 900th career point.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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By approaching asset protection as a proactive, comprehensive strategy, high-net-worth clients can safeguard not only their wealth but also the stability and legacy it is meant to support.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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Spotify racked up its highest quarterly net adds of monthly users to date in Q4 2025 — reaching a total of 751 million monthly active users, a gain of 38 million in the period.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Tanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanglement. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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