tangle
Example Sentences
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The moves also signaled to the U.S. that it was tangling not just with Denmark—a country of roughly six million people—but allies from across NATO’s 32 members.
Ghiyam tangled with ethical questions before landing on the idea that the AI was a net positive, as long as “the intention for its use was pure.”
The more things change, the more they stay the same: That could have been the subtitle of Philip Stephens’s vivid and provocative book on the tangled relationship between Britain and Ireland.
Aunt Kitty just blinked, letting my complaints tangle around me like a sticky cobweb.
From Literature
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When magnetic fields become tangled and unstable, they can release energy in dramatic ways.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.