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as in to knot
to twist together into a usually confused mass
in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires
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as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net
the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies
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as in to complicate
to make complex or difficult
the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits
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Recent Examples of entangle
The couple then called Mintz daily — sometimes together, more frequently apart, often in the dead of night — and entangled him in free-associative, at times searching conversations.
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
Separate from Musk’s business empire, his America PAC has been entangled in a legal battle, with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner over the super PAC’s $1 million daily prize giveaways.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Clearly, residential architectural design in America is entangled in its own 21st-century complications.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Democratic politics and pop culture have long been entangled—but entertainers seem a bit more sheepish about their endorsements lately.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
Separate from Musk’s business empire, his America PAC has been entangled in a legal battle, with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner over the super PAC’s $1 million daily prize giveaways.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Clearly, residential architectural design in America is entangled in its own 21st-century complications.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Democratic politics and pop culture have long been entangled—but entertainers seem a bit more sheepish about their endorsements lately.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entangle
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His first attempt would have knotted the game at 3.Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 Nov. 2024
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Eggplant, teal, and mustard jersey was torn, ripped, and cut, then draped, safety-pinned, and knotted every which way around the body; straight-leg trousers came pin-striped, and dresses slinky.Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
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Hers, described as a rich moisture balm, is a mix between an ointment and an emollient face cream, delivering instant hydration via five molecular weights of hyaluronic acid and skin-barrier-strengthening ceramides, then trapping in said moisture with murumuru butter and polyglutamic acid.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Colby rushes into the stall to distract the horse from Carter, who is trapped in the corner.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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These regulations are further complicated by cultural norms and expectations.Rick Hammell, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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And surely office life is complicated by partner hires.Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Since then, Hubert and Smith, 56, have tangled occasionally in the public eye, but reconciled in 2020.Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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There’s almost nothing more annoying than when your jewelry gets tangled up into an impenetrable knot, but that headache can be avoided by investing in the Bagsmart Jewelry Travel Organizer, one of our favorites, that’s now on sale for $14.Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
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The modern ideological stakes of translation—as a fraught operation transposing the utterances of a person enmeshed in a unique cultural fabric—begin here.Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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The agency withdrew its tacit support in 2022 and is currently enmeshed in litigation with the project, which is a collaboration between the Victoria University of Wellington and the political tech and data provider Aristotle.Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
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Divorce is a profoundly personal and often painful experience, made even more complex for entrepreneurs whose personal and business lives are closely intertwined.Sara Khaki, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The reality is that, even at the local level, American businesses are intertwined in a complex web of global supply chains.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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While awaiting sentencing, Flynn sought to withdraw his guilty plea by claiming he was entrapped by politically motivated federal investigators.Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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That’s why Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, in which Powell plays a philosophy lecturer named Gary Johnson whose part-time job is to entrap criminals by posing as a variety of different assassins, was such a sensation at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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Over the weekend, fellow rap icon Jay-Z was ensnared in the case when one of the complaints against Combs was amended to reveal the Roc Nation founder as a previously unnamed celebrity accused of assaulting a victim alongside Diddy.Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The verdict and sentencing bring closure to one chapter of an abuse scandal that ensnared the northeastern Indiana university's distance running program.Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Entangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entangle. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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