tangled
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However, with his nuanced unraveling of sometimes dauntingly tangled ideas and his always crisp prose he avoids the pitfalls of oversimplification and excessive detail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
A private memo sent from Dorothy Bain to First Minister John Swinney at the time sheds more light on that part of this tangled tale.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Sharda Devi, 55, a settler's daughter, recalls the first arrivals "toiling in some of the harshest conditions" to carve plantations out of the tangled forests.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Because of this tangled ownership history, many Bede scholars had considered the manuscript lost since 1975.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
I wanted there to be more, another explanation, but the more I thought about it, the more trapped and tangled I felt, and I knew that there was nothing more.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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"American Names"
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