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entangle

[en-tang-guhl] / ɛnˈtæŋ gəl /


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The way the central couple navigates the twists, turns, roadblocks and unforced errors that entangle their budding relationship is the beating heart of these films.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

It’s written in a broad way that could entangle Congress in other aspects of city governance, which probably isn’t a good use of lawmakers’ time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

It's designed to trap and entangle Russian drones and stop them hitting the vehicles beneath.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2026

Mulino has insisted the canal's neutrality is intact and has urged Washington not to entangle Panama in its rivalry with Beijing.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

I disentangle my finger so that I can entangle all the others until our palms are pressed against each other.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Even if the property still stands, there is the possibility that it has been owned by multiple Cuban households over the decades, a long chain of custody that entangles original ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Those numbers, however, don't amount to much in the grand scheme, given the rate at which Louisiana "incarcerates and prosecutes and entangles people in the criminal legal system left and right every day," Romero said.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2024

It has put banks on high alert, though their efforts to catch the fraud also routinely entangles innocent customers, causing institutions to suddenly freeze or shut down customer accounts in the process.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2023

This chaotic set of instructions entangles all the qubits into one big, messy state.

From Scientific American Jul. 15, 2021

Touch our spirits with the flame of Thy Spirit, before the day's business lays hold upon us and entangles us, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

From The Optimist's Good Morning by Florence Hobart Perin

It’s not like furniture or jewelry or cars; it comes entangled with thin skins, volatile tempers, melodrama galore—our whole business model is built on emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

To couple the qubits with the entangled photon source, the researchers relied on microwave photons.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Becoming entangled with one’s audience meant that followers’ reactions – whether positive or negative – often started to feel like a burden.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

It said there was a need to define the "boundaries of business interactions through institutional measures, cutting off the grey areas where power becomes entangled with social obligations".

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The littlest one, who always became entangled in the carpet fringe, would be the first to go.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

Washington's warning about the dangers of entangling alliances was followed for 150 years.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 14, 2025

More consolidation – and more influential corporate giants – risks more deeply entangling the interests of profit-driven companies in America’s food system.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2024

If the hair is longer than 2 inches, bury it in the soil to avoid entangling birds’ feet, she recommends.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2024

He rose quickly as though to cast off some entangling danger.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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