enmesh
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In some of the book’s finest moments, Sheff explores her creative emergence, particularly her brash efforts to enmesh herself with Fluxus, the international art movement that celebrated the act of performance for performance’s sake.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025
Not all bills before the committee Monday sought to enmesh religion with education.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Although her adventures eventually strain credulity, through her script — inspired by real events — Mihai manages to completely enmesh the viewer in a story that combines social drama with thriller, espionage and vigilante elements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
That in turn would enmesh Israel in the unwanted drudgery of day-to-day governance, an outcome Israel wanted to avoid, he said.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2021
And on this particular occasion well might he, for, during the night, I had woven a spider-web net in which I intended to enmesh him.
From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Beers, Clifford Whittingham
But cashing a check enmeshes you more closely with a charity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2020
Writing to our senses as well as the characters enmeshes the viewers in Jimmy’s world, but Odenkirk’s pathos-soaked scoundrel makes the show breathe and kick.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2017
But what happens when it becomes harder and harder to tell the two apart -- where every attempt at definition just enmeshes us further?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2016
The Red Mass has generated criticism over the decades, in part for the extent to which it enmeshes the high court with church affairs, and some members of the Supreme Court also have their qualms.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2015
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 Zerbe, James Slough
Helping your mother figure out how she got into this mess is not tantamount to becoming emotionally enmeshed in her problems.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
He is enmeshed in the consequences of the gross blunder he made by going to war assuming an easy victory.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The Oceanwide Expeditions cruise is now enmeshed in a deadly hantavirus outbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Financial Times said Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is working on a plan to take over Jefferies, which is enmeshed in the First Brands bankruptcy.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
He did not want a well-educated child enmeshed in insecurities.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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It is as much about enmeshing yourself — or your nation — into both the Western consciousness and the Western financial system as slapping “Dubai 2020 Expo” on some advertising boards.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
Your partner's actions push that one-to-one through a third person, erasing boundaries and enmeshing you all.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2021
For the actors, encountering and enmeshing with the community was an eye-opening experience.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2021
That's where things really fall apart in Richard D'Ovidio's script: Aside from the moral madness of enmeshing a minor in such proceedings, the after-hours gallery infiltration proves a rote, tension-free affair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2015
And the police too added its share to this work that was going on of enmeshing a criminal.
From The Heart of a Woman by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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