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tangle

[tang-guhl] / ˈtæŋ gəl /




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As Gát sees it, today’s discussion has become a tangle of separate questions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

I don’t mean “wrestle” like two people having an argument—a verbal tangle over tush pushes, instant replay or some other evergreen NFL claptrap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The critics tangle with Taylor Swift: The singer’s recent singles, including “Patient Zero,” have not, to put it mildly, been critical darlings, but they are holding steady on the charts.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

When they visited him, they found him under a tangle of tubes, with guards stationed outside his hospital room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I can feel that my hair is a big tangle.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Amyloid-beta can collect into sticky deposits between nerve cells, while abnormal tau proteins can form tangles inside them.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Some carriages were lying on their side in tangles of metal debris at the bottom of an embankment, while dozens of emergency services vehicles were racing to and from the site.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The regions cleared of amyloid showed little or no buildup of tau tangles, another protein abnormality strongly associated with brain cell damage and declining memory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

He shrugged off the Shuffle video and McMahon’s repeated tangles with NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle over the league’s dress code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nailer grabbed desperately for a better handhold, hooking his arm through the tangles.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

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

Adapted by Duffield and Kraus, “Whalefall” is a heart-tugger tangled in a survival tale — or, arguably, a biologically accurate spin on “Pinocchio.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The fisherman and the shark apparently tangled when the man tried to release the fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

“When you get your wool tangled in a knot, only the tangler can get it untangled.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

They were also playing without their best receiver, DK Metcalf, who’d received a two-game suspension for tangling with a fan in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

It’s the risk of tangling their expectations and desires, and the fear that their hunger to stay together might get in the way of their separate futures.

From Salon ● May 21, 2025

Still, that hasn’t stopped their subreddit and user base—which is smaller than either r/PublicFreakout’s or r/FreeLuigi’s—from tangling with the new reality.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025

City earlier lost midfielder Rodri to injury 21 minutes into the game when he appeared to twist his knee while tangling with Arsenal's Thomas Partey.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024

Taisin stroked Kaede’s hair back from her face, her fingers tangling in the black strands.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo


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