as in tangles
something that catches and holds
legal tanglements stemming from the museum's refusal to return the looted carvings
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Chapek’s woes as Disney chief have been well documented, from his tangles in Florida to an ugly public spat with Scarlett Johansson to alienating top executives by removing creative decision-making authority in a hugely unpopular restructuring.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026 -
Fullness and body may come naturally, but so can long drying times, tangles, and frizz.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Two electric fly traps were installed inside the facility.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Air pollution that traps heat also has higher levels of CO2, which plants use to photosynthesize.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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This particular deal gives you two meshes for even more coverage!—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Compared with rigid metal meshes, CNTF fabrics showed more uniform heating behavior and fewer hot spots.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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All of them are caught up in these complicated romantic entanglements.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Left unmentioned was Duke’s earlier legal entanglements with its men’s lacrosse program.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Separated by labyrinths of creeks and smaller cays, each one represents a stepping stone away from civilization, Parrish told me.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Both were premised on the idea of frictionless ease, liberating their users from outmoded toils.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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Family-friendly attractions abound, from old-school carnival games like ring toss and whack-a-mole to a fun house with mirror mazes and glowing lights.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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Creating mazes and tunnels is an easy way to make your rat happy — and a delight to watch.—
Lisa Bloch,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 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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Other surgeons shared similar stories of retiring drains in favor of glues and nets after adopting preservation facelift principles.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Tanglements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanglements. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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