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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Azulik Stepping inside Azulik feels nothing short of entering a liveable piece of art, its tangle of beach wood, stone, and concrete crafting spaces reminiscent of bird nests and cocoons across its 48-villa property.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026 -
Gazes tangle, sound mutes, time bends.—
Addie Citchens,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Both teams created chances after the interval and Como coach Cesc Fabregas' changes paid off as Tasos Douvikas beat the offside trap to equalize.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Trump is risking falling into the Biden trap by asking Americans to endure higher prices for a war in the Middle East.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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Optional web search can be toggled on, while offline mode keeps everything local.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
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The minimum amount is computed based on the life expectancy table in IRS Publication 590-B, which is available free on the IRS web site.—
Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even in peacetime, the world of shipping is a bureaucratic labyrinth of captains, owners, brokers and insurers.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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The health plan launched a $20 million initiative last October, engaging local media outlets, social media, newsletters and community organizations to guide members through the labyrinth of eligibility and enrollment changes to Medi-Cal.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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What that résumé doesn’t show, however, is Sinofsky’s entanglement in the murkier corners of the business world.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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The transatlantic entanglement also means that Brent’s status as a relatively neutral benchmark is changing.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Each hideaway is a maze of split levels and staircases latticed by a waterfall and two plunge pools.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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That’s how today’s defection process came to exist, as the result of a dispute between two nations separated by just 90 miles that created a maze of obstacles.—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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The entire town of Izium is draped in a canopy of anti-drone nets.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the mid-1970s, the long net of the Florida Keys swept up a generation of countercultural refuse in a web of free love, plentiful drugs, and cheap booze.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Tanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanglement. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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