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entangle

[en-tang-guhl] / ɛnˈtæŋ gəl /


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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

By cooling and manipulating these atoms, scientists can entangle them and perform highly precise computations.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

“The net is designed to entangle itself on any of the rotating objects in the rear of the car,” Santistevan said.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

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

From BBC Apr. 12, 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

It nestles and entangles itself in for the long haul.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 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

Such informal co-branding entangles our initiatives in Disney’s morally messy past and present.

From Scientific American Sep. 23, 2021

This substance is like gelatine, so that it entangles or enmeshes the germ life and prevents it from passing through a filter.

From Electricity for Boys by James Slough Zerbe

Season 2 of the Peabody Award-winning series about two hockey rivals entangled in a heated romance is still months away from premiering.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The concentrated sunlight can then be directed onto the tiny nonlinear crystal responsible for producing the entangled photons.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

When qubits become entangled, their properties remain connected, even when the qubits are separated by large distances.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

"The hardest part was getting out," recalled Gil, whose legs had been entangled in a chair.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

That afternoon Nhamo feasted on a guinea fowl that had become entangled in one of her traps.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The other $0.9 trillion is the Treasury’s General Account, where the Treasury parks cash awaiting disbursement—an entangling service the Fed only began providing in 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

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

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

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

In the morning we would rise shivering and rubbing arms, wordlessly repeat our small chores, fill and hoist our packs, and venture into the great entangling forest again.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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