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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

Since they don’t have any kind of survival instinct it’s no big deal for them to eventually pull themselves free of such an entanglement, ripping off great big swatches of themselves to do so.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Nearly 27% of 2025 entanglements were observed off the coast of California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 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

The former public health director has stuck to a platform centered on affordability at home and an end to foreign entanglements.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

At night, patrols went out into no man’s land to repair wire damaged by artillery fire, or to clear a path through the entanglements in advance of an infantry attack the next day.

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


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