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[en-mesh] / ɛnˈmɛʃ /


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In some of the book’s finest moments, Sheff explores her creative emergence, particularly her brash efforts to enmesh herself with Fluxus, the international art movement that celebrated the act of performance for performance’s sake.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2025

I’ve never really made a concerted effort to enmesh myself in queer nightlife, but now I feel compelled to do it because I want to support those businesses, and community feels more important than ever.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2025

Not all bills before the committee Monday sought to enmesh religion with education.

From Seattle Times Feb. 5, 2024

That in turn would enmesh Israel in the unwanted drudgery of day-to-day governance, an outcome Israel wanted to avoid, he said.

From New York Times May 21, 2021

From trifles, as they may seem to us at this distance of time, hostile ingenuity wove the web destined to enmesh the incautious Academicians.

From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by Francis Augustus MacNutt

But cashing a check enmeshes you more closely with a charity.

From New York Times Dec. 10, 2020

Writing to our senses as well as the characters enmeshes the viewers in Jimmy’s world, but Odenkirk’s pathos-soaked scoundrel makes the show breathe and kick.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2017

But what happens when it becomes harder and harder to tell the two apart -- where every attempt at definition just enmeshes us further?

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2016

The Red Mass has generated criticism over the decades, in part for the extent to which it enmeshes the high court with church affairs, and some members of the Supreme Court also have their qualms.

From Slate Oct. 5, 2015

And with the less attractive strands the shifting harness of place and circumstance enmeshes a thread of Love's gold.

From A Man of Two Countries by Colista M. Dowling

I get the sense it’s not that enmeshed now.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

Helping your mother figure out how she got into this mess is not tantamount to becoming emotionally enmeshed in her problems.

From MarketWatch Jun. 27, 2026

He is enmeshed in the consequences of the gross blunder he made by going to war assuming an easy victory.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

The fundraising platform is enmeshed in controversy, in part fueled by the management of its CEO, Regina Wallace-Jones, whose spending and legal decisions have raised concerns among Democrats and employees.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

They were surrounded by Inka satrapies; their economy was enmeshed with the imperial machinery; they had hundreds or thousands of people doing the empire's bidding.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Elwes has spent his years in California not just establishing his family life, but also further enmeshing himself in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

It is as much about enmeshing yourself — or your nation — into both the Western consciousness and the Western financial system as slapping “Dubai 2020 Expo” on some advertising boards.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2022

Your partner's actions push that one-to-one through a third person, erasing boundaries and enmeshing you all.

From Washington Post Dec. 12, 2021

For the actors, encountering and enmeshing with the community was an eye-opening experience.

From Seattle Times Mar. 30, 2021

Maria saw the stars stretching their great network downward enmeshing the Mississippi.

From Old Kaskaskia by Mary Hartwell Catherwood




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