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as in tangled
to twist together into a usually confused mass
in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires
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as in trapped
to catch or hold as if in a net
the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies
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as in complicated
to make complex or difficult
the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits
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According to Us Weekly, the acclaimed actor and the Hip-Hop mogul were entangled in a disagreement during a late-night event hosted by Combs in 2003.
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When two particles are strongly entangled, measuring their orientations will reveal them to always point in opposite directions.
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“Entangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entangled. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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