tangled
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The picture is not one of clean lineages but of a tangled web of contact and exchange extending across millions of years.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Observers say the years since the COVID-19 pandemic emergency have shown how tangled the industry’s regulation can get in L.A., so investors are taking their money to other cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Many people have made their minds up about Meghan and the saga with her father is only part of the tangled story of the duchess and the rest of the royal family.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The fisherman and the shark apparently tangled when the man tried to release the fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Her blond hair is just as wispy and fine, and it’s in a tangled nest, like she hasn’t brushed it in days.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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