tangled
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The siblings tangled for years in litigation over control of their parents’ house, court documents show.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
In “The Road,” Cormac McCarthy depicts a postapocalyptic world with the savagery and tangled lyricism he earlier brought to blood-dimmed novels about the Western borderlands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Local media reported that the man appeared to have become tangled in power lines before hitting the ground.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
He starts his four-year term against a tangled web of war, inflation, nosebleed debt—and one of the sharpest and narrowest stock market rallies ever.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
Mara sighed and yanked at the tangled wool.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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"American Names"
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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