tangled

"I looked at each individual part, comparing its appearance to old tomes where scholars drew out the jellyfish anatomy by hand. A real challenge when you look at just how many tangled parts it has."

The trees were tightly packed together and the undergrowth was tough and tangled.

Leading AI firms have been investing in one another, creating a tangled web of deals that has been drawing scrutiny.

Teasing out the plot’s tangled threads and expecting each to adhere to logic is a fool’s errand, yet what viewer will insist this type of picture have an airtight story?

For decades, scientists have known that Alzheimer's disease is marked by sticky plaques and tangled proteins in the brain.