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
  • Grace and Company Silky Satin Pillowcase Upgrade your nighttime routine with this ultra-smooth satin pillowcase designed to help prevent overnight frizz, tangles, and breakage.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 10 July 2025
  • By the 20th century, Rome was like any other city, with trains and cars that let people live farther from the urban center and a tangle of highways and suburbs and shopping centers that sprawled far beyond the original fortified walls.
    Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Undervaluing Yourself To Avoid Conflict Many professionals, especially those early in their careers, fall into the trap of lowballing their worth out of fear.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • That’s the trap with a character like this — writing to a joke versus writing to her worldview and her attitude.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • The Talos post was published around the same time that the dark web site belonging to BlackSuit began displaying a message saying the site had been seized in Operation CheckMate.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 26 July 2025
  • As the newspaper printing was phased out, the number of telephone calls to the toll-free number also dropped and the number of web searches exploded.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025
  • No matter how complicated the labyrinth of modern politics becomes, that thread will lead us through.
    Linda McMahon, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • In addition to vessel strikes, humpback whales face threats including fishing gear entanglement and ocean noise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Paloma Chavez July 2, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2025
  • Unlike classical computers, which process bits as 0s or 1s, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in multiple states simultaneously due to superposition and entanglement.
    Leeor Shimron, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Knott’s announced the retirement of the Bloodline 1842 and Wax Works mazes after the 2024 season.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
  • There were beautiful farm animals, interactive science exhibits and even a candy maze.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated July 16, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Inside his home in Oregon, Remmers has the bracket framed and the net from the Nerf goal cut down and hung on the frame’s corner.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2025
  • It's perpetrated by the Democrats and some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 16 July 2025
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“Tanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanglement. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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