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entangle

[en-tang-guhl] / ɛnˈtæŋ gəl /


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It’s written in a broad way that could entangle Congress in other aspects of city governance, which probably isn’t a good use of lawmakers’ time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

By cooling and manipulating these atoms, scientists can entangle them and perform highly precise computations.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

It's designed to trap and entangle Russian drones and stop them hitting the vehicles beneath.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

Around fifteen years ago, he and his collaborators were among the first to entangle the spins of extremely cold atoms.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026

Surely Forest would not entangle the poor woman yet.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

It nestles and entangles itself in for the long haul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Those numbers, however, don't amount to much in the grand scheme, given the rate at which Louisiana "incarcerates and prosecutes and entangles people in the criminal legal system left and right every day," Romero said.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024

As the wind from the Wolf-Rayet collides with and entangles the wind of the massive companion, the two fight each other to a standstill.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023

But the operatic plot is a skein that sometimes entangles its colorful character and other times leaves them panting with exhaustion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

This substance is like gelatine, so that it entangles or enmeshes the germ life and prevents it from passing through a filter.

From Electricity for Boys by James Slough Zerbe

Vivant is about a Japanese salaryman who finds himself entangled in an international web of crime and espionage.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

South Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s Netflix film carefully attends to the story of two couples of disparate classes who become increasingly entangled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Jackdaw project has been entangled in legal disputes and awaiting final government approval for some time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Biologists are hoping to save a humpback whale last seen entangled in a fishing net off the coast of San Pedro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

A bandage unraveled at the mummy’s feet; it became entangled, fell face forward, and its head rolled off.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Washington's warning about the dangers of entangling alliances was followed for 150 years.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

One term for the scams is pig butchering, because the scammers “fatten up” their targets by entangling them in romantic relationships online and dangling bogus financial schemes, then “butcher” them by disappearing with their money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

More consolidation – and more influential corporate giants – risks more deeply entangling the interests of profit-driven companies in America’s food system.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

The Harvard team established the practical makings of the first quantum internet by entangling two quantum memory nodes separated by optical fiber link deployed over a roughly 22-mile loop through Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown, and Boston.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024

Long streamers of ebony fabric flowed from the spectral woman, entangling nearby fairies.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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