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As Gát sees it, today’s discussion has become a tangle of separate questions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

I don’t mean “wrestle” like two people having an argument—a verbal tangle over tush pushes, instant replay or some other evergreen NFL claptrap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The critics tangle with Taylor Swift: The singer’s recent singles, including “Patient Zero,” have not, to put it mildly, been critical darlings, but they are holding steady on the charts.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

When they visited him, they found him under a tangle of tubes, with guards stationed outside his hospital room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

But through the tangle of its broke thoughts, Wolf sensed that it would be back.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Some carriages were lying on their side in tangles of metal debris at the bottom of an embankment, while dozens of emergency services vehicles were racing to and from the site.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The regions cleared of amyloid showed little or no buildup of tau tangles, another protein abnormality strongly associated with brain cell damage and declining memory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

He discusses his childhood tangles with bullies, his ordeals in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

He shrugged off the Shuffle video and McMahon’s repeated tangles with NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle over the league’s dress code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nailer grabbed desperately for a better handhold, hooking his arm through the tangles.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

The lighting is gauzy and romantic, like the Instagram filter I use to blur out my eye bags, and Marianne’s hair, long and tangled, cascades behind her, her radiant skin nearly glowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The fisherman and the shark apparently tangled when the man tried to release the fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Scientists say the impacts of cleaner air, natural variations and the effects of warming itself are all tangled together.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Since becoming vice-president, he has occasionally tangled with Pope Leo and his papal predecessor Francis, on issues including the Trump administration's immigration policy.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

She paused to pick at a rock that had tangled itself into the wool, then continued, “I mean, you won’t escape us either—who can escape an accident?—but at that moment, I wasn’t referring to us.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Elected in 2022, the 65-year-old Colombian president is no stranger to tangling with adversaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

The administration was not interested in tangling with powerful trends that had been going on for decades.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

It’s the risk of tangling their expectations and desires, and the fear that their hunger to stay together might get in the way of their separate futures.

From Salon ● May 21, 2025

"Remy hair has aligned cuticles, hair flows uniformly in one direction, which leads to less tangling and a silkier texture. This is high-value hair," says George Cherion, the company's chief executive.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2025

When I got on my bike, I sat on the wire to keep the skirt from tangling in the greasy chain, but then the front popped up and I could not see over the top.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter