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as in tangle
something that catches and holds
he was caught in the web of branches she was trapped by her own web of lies
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as in ambush
a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise
an ingenious web that was spun by undercover agents going after drug dealers
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Recent Examples of web
Destinee Adams produced this piece for web, and Treye Green edited it.
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Steve Inskeep, NPR, 6 June 2025
But computer simulations show that there are filaments and tendrils of dark matter crisscrossing the voids like a faint echo of the grand cosmic web, repeating itself in miniature.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 6 June 2025
Last year, Florida’s Department of Health also experienced a breach that caused death certificate delays and led to thousands of records, including HIV test results, detailed doctors notes and immunization and virus testing records ending up on the dark web.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Credential dumps from breached companies are traded daily on the dark web.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Steve Inskeep, NPR, 6 June 2025
But computer simulations show that there are filaments and tendrils of dark matter crisscrossing the voids like a faint echo of the grand cosmic web, repeating itself in miniature.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 6 June 2025
Last year, Florida’s Department of Health also experienced a breach that caused death certificate delays and led to thousands of records, including HIV test results, detailed doctors notes and immunization and virus testing records ending up on the dark web.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Credential dumps from breached companies are traded daily on the dark web.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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About a dozen streets on it bore names; the rest was a tangle of lines.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 June 2025
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That development was paused amid a tangle of lawsuits in 2023 and 2024, but is moving forward after the cases were resolved in November and March.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
4 June 2025
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Also watch out for ambush drones parked by the side of the road, which take off when a target approached.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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But in South Africa, the two leaders’ reaction to their Oval Office ambush served as a remarkable public display of a new era in the country’s politics, one marked by solidarity and compromise.—
Kate Bartlett,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 June 2025
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With a real-time net worth of $11.5 billion, Sarath is among the wealthiest in Thailand.—
Phisanu Phromchanya,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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These include misleading addresses like panel spectrum net and spectrum ticket net.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 June 2025
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Researchers reviewing camera trap footage from a remote island off Panama found that a group of adolescent capuchin monkeys were routinely kidnapping baby howler monkeys and carrying them around like accessories.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
18 June 2025
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One of the key challenges for companies is avoiding the trap of performative activism—actions that appear supportive but lack meaningful impact.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Instead, consumers could face a labyrinth of tedious forms and dense legalese, draining their time and wallets.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The series follows Ged, first to the School of Magic, on the Island of Roke, then through a dark labyrinth and into death itself.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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The locations are based on Universal’s successful Halloween Horror Nights in Florida and California, which feature elaborate haunted houses and mazes.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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The Las Vegas location will open with four haunted mazes.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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Some lawmakers, including Senator Lindsey Graham, have advocated for stronger U.S. military support for Israel, while others warn against entanglement in a Middle East conflict.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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What Hegseth has focused on so far The panel zeroed in on funding issues, with only a few mentions of other entanglements that have marked Hegseth’s early months.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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There are no pairs of tidily poetic contradictions, but a morass of inner conflict, uncertainty, pain, and relief.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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Tax administration is often written off as a bureaucratic morass—a neutral, technocratic function made necessary by the modern state but best kept as small as possible.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/web. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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