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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

Elizebeth was still wary of entanglement, but sparks began to fly between them—a “Flame which we kindled together.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

“Historically, most officials have avoided these entanglements by divesting their prior business interests entirely,” Brown said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

It’s part of a broader change in Nolan’s telling: His Odysseus has far fewer sexual entanglements than Homer’s, keeping his devotion to Penelope more firmly in the foreground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

I know our barbed wire entanglements are strong and almost undamaged;—parts of them are charged with a powerful electric current.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque


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