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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College basketball officials, according to those in the business, are taught not to make calls from the baseline through a tangle of bodies, instead deferring to one of your partners trailing the play.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026 -
The shelf even has an opening for feeding a cord right through it for tangle-free access.—
Brittany VanDerBill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Jan. 2026
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Some people even shared old photos of Indigenous peoples wearing the hoods, noting that the originators of the design kept the fur outward to break cold wind and trap snow.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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At one point, a trap even caught the wrong bear.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Avoid common pitfalls like sharing a computer that shows your web browsing history or accidental notifications to your spouse when trying to access financial accounts.—
Heather L. Locus,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Agarwal sees opportunities to convert people from casual users of the Weather Channel’s web site to subscribers, eager for much more detailed, ad-free weather information, forecasts, and historical data.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Turned to music, his body emerges from the ditch and now the dust is beautiful, a labyrinth of intersecting crossroads.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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To get to campus, parents must shepherd their children through a concrete labyrinth, past auto body shops and steel manufacturers.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Establishing a rare closeness of the finishing-each-other’s-sentences kind, the duo truly embrace the immersive feeling of being one half of that singular, irreplaceably defining friendship of the teen years, one that often feels like a high-stakes romantic entanglement.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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Contracts, loan agreements, and other financial entanglements could be the focal point of such discussions.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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The film presents a fable in which a cop and a machine find their way through the maze of this mystery, essentially arguing that law enforcement should have access to this kind of surveillance.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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To navigate this maze, the elite turn to educational consulting firms that provide support across academics, extracurricular development, and college admissions essays.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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Danault snapped it right back to Kaiden Guhle at the blue line and as a mass of humanity formed in front of the Vegas net, Guhle attempted a shot that quickly deflected back toward the Canadiens’ zone.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The ocean blue dining room is as enchanting as ever, adorned with fish nets and twinkle lights.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Tanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanglement. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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