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entanglement

[en-tang-guhl-muhnt] / ɛnˈtæŋ gəl mənt /


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Another challenge also looms: federal regulations aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales, which migrate along the East Coast and risk entanglement in the vertical lines from lobster traps to surface buoys.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

This is a drama of the entanglement of two couples from disparate classes—evident enough from Sang-woo’s Porsche—told with unrelenting attentiveness across more than 2 1/2 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Despite the entanglement," the service added, "the dolphin was able to breathe and swim strongly, moving up and down the river and actively avoiding vessels nearby."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Because of this entanglement, this whale is not able to move freely,” Harbor Breeze Cruises posted along with a video of the whale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mariam would sleep poorly, fretting that some business entanglement would prevent Jalil from coming on Thursday, that she would have to wait a whole other week to see him.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Not all businesses that rely on actual people moving through their interfaces will stand united against agents, either, especially when they have their own web of entanglements with the biggest A.I. companies.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

“People are right to think about conflicts of interest and not being involved in commercial entanglements with the labs,” Purser said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

The former public health director has stuck to a platform centered on affordability at home and an end to foreign entanglements.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

For McClain, the money would soon lead to larger and larger loans and more financial entanglements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Therefore, while Jefferson could talk with genuine conviction about American neutrality and the need to remain free of European entanglements, thereby sounding much like Washington, his version of American neutrality was decidedly different.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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