tangle with
Example Sentences
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It’s bad enough that Lisa has to deal with Dan’s insecurity — now she’s got to tangle with some dopey crooks?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
If Chris weren’t miserable, he’d tangle with either or both.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025
When ILA supporters haven’t had to fend off complaints from observers about their demands and the strike calendar, they’ve had to tangle with another inconvenient talking point: the whole mob thing.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024
Pastoralists who tangle with wildlife might lose livestock and income or suffer injury or death.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
“That’s better,” said the tench, now out of sight in the murky dive water, and the Wart backed himself out of his tangle with infinite trouble, by wriggling his arm fins.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
