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webs

noun

plural of web

as in tangles

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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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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Both amyloid beta and tau are normally present in healthy brains; the plaques and tangles are abnormal aggregations of these molecules.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The shampoo didn’t strip the tester’s already-dry hair, and a two-minute conditioner left her tangles smooth enough to finger-comb.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangles

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The team said traps with adjustable volumes could also accommodate more atoms in future experiments.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Claxton also will be expected to advance the ball out of the backcourt when guards come under siege from high traps, a consistent pattern from opposing defenses because of the Bulls’ tendency to turn the ball over.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of traps

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And who knows if, with chef Mario Carbone, part of those labyrinths will be repurposed into wineries for fine wines.

— Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
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

Definition of labyrinths

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With roads around the hospital unsafe, transferring patients to other facilities was not an option in the first hours of the attack, while sending ambulances into the field risked exposing them to Hamas ambushes.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Social Media Capture The underlying tactic is not new, with both Russian and Ukrainian forces having previously used armed FPV drones to conduct roadside ambushes.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of ambushes

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But crucially, because the mesh can be seamlessly integrated into tissue, there’s nothing preventing significantly larger meshes being used to generate more power.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
Joan realizes that her mother’s vanishing meshes with a larger tapestry of tragedy that has plagued their family over the years.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of meshes

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Nvidia’s entertainment entanglements also extend to the music industry.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
The discovery comes as the critically endangered species continues to face threats from fishing-gear entanglements and vessel strikes.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of entanglements

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The hotel’s footprint is compact, so there aren’t long hikes through mazes of overwater boardwalks to reach your accommodations or long lines at the breakfast buffet.

— Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
The book features coloring pages, puzzles, mazes, more than 500 stickers and other activities.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026

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