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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
Google also runs popular web browser Chrome and a mobile operating system Android.
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Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Such is the case with this new secure connection warning for Android users of Google’s Chrome web browser.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4, had a significant online footprint before most web platforms suspended his accounts.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
The app follows the debut of its web platform earlier this year.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Such is the case with this new secure connection warning for Android users of Google’s Chrome web browser.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4, had a significant online footprint before most web platforms suspended his accounts.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
The app follows the debut of its web platform earlier this year.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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As the myriad plot points tangle and hit critical mass, supporting players Sarah Goldberg, Trevor White, Miriam Petche and Jay Duplass deliver gems.Carole Horst, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
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However, when it’s modified, tau can form toxic aggregates – tangles that degrade these key structures.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
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Sometimes Bluey sneaks up from behind in an emotional ambush, but there’s no need to worry about that here.Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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Surveillance video shows the assassination-style ambush.Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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No lateral passes to your defence partner, no bringing the puck back towards your net, only north.Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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His outside shot has been more effective, too, a career-high 42.9% of Siakam’s threes have gone through the net this year.Tony East, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Yet, as organizations rush to meet this demand, many fall into the trap of greenwashing—claiming environmental or social responsibility without delivering tangible results.Joel Carboni, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Season 1 framed the tournament as a straightforward allegory for the punishing trap of financial distress, rendering even the greediest characters as sympathetic to an extent.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Also wading through the bureaucratic labyrinth was Dalal Al-Sumah.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Eventually, though, the series becomes a thrilling, immersive experience, a labyrinth of conspiracies, wars and betrayals.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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And some experts say there is a case to be made for streamlining the confusing maze of financial regulators where some duties overlap.Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Organizations now have to navigate a maze of overlapping standards, such as NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171 and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), which all have slight variations.Rizwan Jan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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As the sun in Sagittarius energizes your fifth house of creativity and romance, Neptune in your eighth house could stir up emotional insecurities or worse, highlight the dark side of a recent entanglement.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Daniels and Chase brought more oomph to their characters’ romantic entanglement, which has left Lady Larken happily if inconveniently with child, a springboard for the whole screwy marital plot.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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For such writers and thinkers, including Jean-François Lyotard, Hannah Arendt, and Heinrich Blücher, history felt like a betrayal in which former traditions and institutions had collapsed, leaving behind a morass of emptiness and fractured communities.Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
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He’s principally defined by having no clear place to be, which can be rich territory for psychological texture — or a narrative morass that bogs everything down.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 July 2024
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“Web.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/web. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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