tangle with
Example Sentences
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Late last week, it appeared likely that Starmer might survive in the medium term, not least because no plausible challenger seemed ready to tangle with Labour’s complicated rules for ousting a party leader.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Instead, he told Nichols he’d rather tangle with Anne Bancroft in “The Graduate,” only to be rejected as too handsome for the role.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
When ILA supporters haven’t had to fend off complaints from observers about their demands and the strike calendar, they’ve had to tangle with another inconvenient talking point: the whole mob thing.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024
"As a deaf person, I can't hear the beep when I scan items so I'm always getting in a tangle with them as they don't always scan correctly," said Anna Kenyon from Manchester.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024
He did not want to tangle with humans and was trying to keep his distance, but the shrinking circle gave him no chance to flee.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
