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These arrests come as sports organizations grapple with a bleak new reality that has emerged since states began legalizing sports betting in 2018: Players at all levels are becoming entangled in betting schemes.

As Mia grapples with the shock of her sister's death, she becomes entangled in the small town's web of secrets and lies.

One term for the scams is pig butchering, because the scammers “fatten up” their targets by entangling them in romantic relationships online and dangling bogus financial schemes, then “butcher” them by disappearing with their money.

Lily King’s novel of a collegiate love triangle follows her characters to fates that keep them entangled in unexpected ways.

Nets along the east coast also routinely entangle humpback whales on their annual migration to and from the tropics.