tangle
Example Sentences
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He would be far from the only US president to tangle with the Israeli PM.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
On the slithering “Naraka,” a mass of voices come together in a chant while a dense tangle of electronics coil around them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
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
The decision also drops at a moment when more than a dozen other states are weighing their own mask laws — laws that could create a tangle of dueling precedents across the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Aunt Kitty just blinked, letting my complaints tangle around me like a sticky cobweb.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing tangle
"Of Mice and Men"
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Excerpt from "Flipped"
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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