entangle
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In a prototype device, the researchers used a shared source of correlated light particles to entangle two separated qubits, experimentally realizing an idea that had remained theoretical for more than two decades.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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
It's designed to trap and entangle Russian drones and stop them hitting the vehicles beneath.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 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
The overgrown limberjack dived at the golem’s feet, using both arms and legs to entangle Hugo’s ankles.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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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
But the operatic plot is a skein that sometimes entangles its colorful character and other times leaves them panting with exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
A mass of knotted rope entangles like tentacles or whirs when swung by a spinning dancer.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
"But listen to this," and Agamemnon continued: "Impediment is something that entangles the feet; obstacle something that stands in the way; obstruction, something that blocks up the passage; hinderance, something that holds back."
From The Peterkin Papers by Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale
Joby, based in Santa Cruz, has been entangled in several lawsuits recently, including multiple with its San José-based rival Archer Aviation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
This is the second entangled whale the tour operator has witnessed since August, the company said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Using this symmetry, the team theoretically developed an entangled measurement based on a photonic quantum circuit.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
Somehow her silk had entangled Annabeth’s leg and dragged her over the side of the pit, with Percy in tow.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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The other $0.9 trillion is the Treasury’s General Account, where the Treasury parks cash awaiting disbursement—an entangling service the Fed only began providing in 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
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
The team has not yet fully optimized their electron qubit and will continue to work on extending the coherence time even further as well as entangling two or more qubits.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
The story of how a handful of 21st century “forty-niners” wound up searching for gold on a singed landscape studded with Joshua trees arcs back nearly 100 years, entangling an eclectic cast of characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
In the morning we would rise shivering and rubbing arms, wordlessly repeat our small chores, fill and hoist our packs, and venture into the great entangling forest again.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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