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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The result is even better cleaning capability with none of the hair and fiber tangles that traditionally plague robovacs.—
Anthony Karcz,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Take the tangle of roots hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the living room.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
14 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article Rodent issues — including one found alive in a sticky trap at an Italian restaurant and more than 40 droppings in a taco spot’s kitchen — were among the violations that led the state to temporarily shut nine South Florida restaurants last week.—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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Determined to resolve the situation, the OP set a trap.—
Darlin Tillery,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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No single private citizen, certainly not one whose wealth and web of businesses are directly subject to the oversight of federal authorities, has wielded such power over the machinery of the U.S. government.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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The two starred in Alvarez’s 2016 web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo together along with Ebeling’s ex-girlfriend Stephanie Koenig, who also stars in English Teacher.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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The White Helmets got to work trying to dig people out of prisons, some of which have a labyrinth of cells underground.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Jan. 2025
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Although we were denied permanent legal residency, DACA protected me from deportation, provided a temporary work status, and afforded me time to navigate the labyrinth of an outdated immigration system to become a permanent resident.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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The agreement is intended to minimize bycatch — the accidental entanglement of mammals fishers weren’t intending to haul aboard.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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The vote aligns him with President-elect Trump and his allies, who have sought to shift U.S. resources away from foreign entanglements and dedicate those energies instead toward domestic economic problems.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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In this project the corridor is not just a simple passage, but instead offers a unique experience, like a maze.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2025
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Over the long weekend, everyone with a rooting interest in a presidency, from door-knocking grandmothers to the executives of ballistic-missile manufacturers, is there to claim a share of it, navigating the same maze of street closures and security barricades.—
Philip Montgomery,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Pettersson missed the net during a two-on-one chance in OT.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Over the past decade the Van Eck fund has delivered 6.3% annually, net of its 1.4% expense ratio.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Tanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanglement. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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