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as in tangles
something that catches and holds
he was caught in the web of branches she was trapped by her own web of lies
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as in traps
a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise
an ingenious web that was spun by undercover agents going after drug dealers
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Noun
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Accessories should be minimal and delicate, to avoid any tangles mid-journey.—
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
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But the seven-member volunteer commission — long expected to take the reins from OPD’s federal overseers — still seems to be struggling to gain footing within Oakland’s complex bureaucratic tangles.—
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The report stated that an inspector went to the store to investigate and learned that managers were aware of a rodent problem and had traps beneath the shelves.—
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For best results, install traps along walls, under appliances, and in other dark corners where mice are active and check the traps daily so mice don’t stay confined for long.—
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Separated by labyrinths of creeks and smaller cays, each one represents a stepping stone away from civilization, Parrish told me.—
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Pet sharks and underground labyrinths, unwelcome doppelgängers and vegetable-hungry monster-rabbits, rogue planets heading for Earth and diabolical Red Wizards—what do all these share in common?—
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Hamas has used the tunnels to store weapons, hide hostages and stage ambushes of Israeli soldiers.—
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In basic multiplayer fashion, there are bottlenecked spaces for ambushes, and everything loops together just fine for flanking.—
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Ensuring Service-To-Service Integrity In modern architectures, applications are composed of microservices that rely on one another through APIs, messaging queues and service meshes.—
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Stylistically, Wilson’s top-end speed and willingness to go over the middle to make contested catches meshes with Rodgers.—
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The Wild were missing nets on grade-A chances throughout the first two periods, lost a battle behind the net on the go-ahead Devils goal in the final seconds of the second and then missed backchecks and assignments throughout the third.—
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There are also climbing nets that kids can use to ascend to the rafters to take care of the animals up top.—
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For a guy who swore off foreign entanglements, Trump has the United States as tangled as a cheap fishing reel.—
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However, the property has been mired in various legal and financial entanglements including foreclosure threats.—
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Its floors are mazes of narrow corridors packed with African clothing stalls, salons, barbers, jewelry stores and halal eateries.—
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More than two million Christmas lights, mazes and photo opportunities with Santa.—
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“Webs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/webs. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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