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entangle

[en-tang-guhl] / ɛnˈtæŋ gəl /


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Previous attempts to entangle distant qubits have generally followed one of two strategies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

The way the central couple navigates the twists, turns, roadblocks and unforced errors that entangle their budding relationship is the beating heart of these films.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

Mulino has insisted the canal's neutrality is intact and has urged Washington not to entangle Panama in its rivalry with Beijing.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 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

It has put banks on high alert, though their efforts to catch the fraud also routinely entangles innocent customers, causing institutions to suddenly freeze or shut down customer accounts in the process.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

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

It then entangles the hooked claws of its hind legs in the silken web, and lets its body hang vertically with the head end curved upward.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed

Instead of gathering a large collection of measurements and reconstructing the state afterward, this type of measurement can identify an entangled state using a one-shot approach.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

In the worst case she has seen, one of her clients was entangled in what appeared to be a romance scam.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

"This shows just how entangled our medicines are with the non-human world," Dr Freymann told BBC News.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Tourtsakis explained it to me like this: The process relied on the crystals in the room, which were quantum entangled with particles out in space.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

I tried to pull their hands away from him to relieve the pain I saw in his face, but the trappings of the priest’s costume entangled me and so I could do very little.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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

If the hair is longer than 2 inches, bury it in the soil to avoid entangling birds’ feet, she recommends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

He rose quickly as though to cast off some entangling danger.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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