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Recent Examples of entanglement
In 2024, pop-up gear was tested by 19 fishermen while waters were closed to conventional crab gear to prevent whale entanglements.
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Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Quantum entanglement contains something of a trip wire.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
But the better course might be to allow the state to go back to a single, simple plate design — one that avoids the fiscal entanglements and ideological biases of the current program.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Jaros said sea turtles are drawn to river environments for their warmer temperatures and available food sources, but those same waterways act as funnels for urban runoff and debris, making entanglement a recurring danger for the species.
—Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Quantum entanglement contains something of a trip wire.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
But the better course might be to allow the state to go back to a single, simple plate design — one that avoids the fiscal entanglements and ideological biases of the current program.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Jaros said sea turtles are drawn to river environments for their warmer temperatures and available food sources, but those same waterways act as funnels for urban runoff and debris, making entanglement a recurring danger for the species.
—Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entanglement
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This can happen due to your natural hair texture, dryness, or environmental stressors like wind, friction from your pillowcase, or pollution—your cuticles can catch on each other like Velcro, Small says, causing tangles.—
Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Across the street, through a thick tangle of forest, the Khodymchuks’ building stood tall and gray in the snow.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Spain midfielder fed a superb pass forward to beat the hosts’ offside trap, and Fermín did the rest by firing past David Soria.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Methane traps around 80 times as much heat as CO2 over a 20-year horizon, making the emissions from a buildout of this scale difficult to quantify but impossible to ignore.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, the mine site stands on a patchwork of state, federal and private land, creating a regulatory labyrinth.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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In addition to the labyrinth of unclear messaging around the campaign, Republicans say the ballot language itself is confusing.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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An analysis of the iPhone showed that Wolfe had allegedly deleted a TOR browser — which is often used to access child pornography on the dark web — during his interview with law enforcement, according to officials.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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Backlash swells to Russia web crackdown Public backlash is growing in Russia in response to Moscow’s efforts to tighten control over the internet.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Family Fun At Aamodt's Apple Farm on the southwest edge of Stillwater, kids love the seasonal goat farm, pedal tractors, hay wagon rides, and a hay bale maze.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
28 Apr. 2026
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Part of the hotel’s charm is its slightly maze-like layout.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Entanglement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entanglement. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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