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entanglement

[en-tang-guhl-muhnt] / ɛnˈtæŋ gəl mənt /


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Another challenge also looms: federal regulations aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales, which migrate along the East Coast and risk entanglement in the vertical lines from lobster traps to surface buoys.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

This is a drama of the entanglement of two couples from disparate classes—evident enough from Sang-woo’s Porsche—told with unrelenting attentiveness across more than 2 1/2 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Despite the entanglement," the service added, "the dolphin was able to breathe and swim strongly, moving up and down the river and actively avoiding vessels nearby."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Because of this entanglement, this whale is not able to move freely,” Harbor Breeze Cruises posted along with a video of the whale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

He is brilliant cover for his own family’s Resistance entanglement and there are orders out to keep him alive.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

It is also a beautiful book, complete with notes, photographs and a chronology to guide readers through the dense entanglements of expatriate Paris and the particulars of the bullfighting arena.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Not all businesses that rely on actual people moving through their interfaces will stand united against agents, either, especially when they have their own web of entanglements with the biggest A.I. companies.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

“People are right to think about conflicts of interest and not being involved in commercial entanglements with the labs,” Purser said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

“We had increased whale entanglements because the whales, again, are closer to shore, they’re coming into contact with more ships and more fishing gear,” Leising said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

On the Western Front, especially, trenches were protected by dense belts of barbed-wire entanglements strung between wooden posts or metal pickets.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman


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