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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From the tangle in your computer cord to the mess your cat made of your knitting basket, knots are everywhere in daily life.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Plus, its tangle-free brush system has self-adjusting rubber brushes to prevent clogging — a convenient detail that could have wrangled both my husky’s fur and my long hair.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Spain midfielder fed a superb pass forward to beat the hosts’ offside trap, and Fermín did the rest by firing past David Soria.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Methane traps around 80 times as much heat as CO2 over a 20-year horizon, making the emissions from a buildout of this scale difficult to quantify but impossible to ignore.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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In China, web fiction is an enormous industry in itself, and stories are ranked and modified, on various platforms, based on reader feedback.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Other successful bets that raised suspicions have involved Google’s 2025 Year in Search, the launch of OpenAI’s AI web browser and events surrounding the war with Iran.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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In addition to the labyrinth of unclear messaging around the campaign, Republicans say the ballot language itself is confusing.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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Hiding in a labyrinth of gardens and more than 50 art installations, private bungalows and three-bedroom villas with freshwater pools overlook Crete’s curving, mountainous coastline.—
Yulia Denisyuk,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2026
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Emotional or financial entanglements could feel heavier than usual today, and someone’s words could hit a nerve.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Angela questions her entanglement with Charles.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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On the other side of the barrier island, maze-like salt marshes and winding tidal creeks funnel into the Intracoastal Waterway, providing the ideal environment to see bottlenose dolphins, loggerhead sea turtles, and abundant shorebirds.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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The move forces her to plunge herself into his fantastical maze-realm to retrieve him in 13 hours, lest he be turned into a goblin.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
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John Gibson After a slow start, Gibson took command of the Red Wings’ net in December and became the clear starter the rest of the way.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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His lacrosse coach at Loyola High, Jimmy Borell, brings out one of those baseball radar guns twice a year to clock how fast his players can send that ball through a net.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Tanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanglement. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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