tangled
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Meatloaf, who weighs more than 200 pounds, was rescued earlier this year after being found tangled in fishing line and rope in the San Gabriel River, aquarium staff said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“They have more resources to make good choices, hopefully, than a lot of folks do who get themselves tangled up in really bad subprime auto financing,” Van Alst said.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
F1 finds itself in something of a tangled web.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Ultimately, “Against the Dying of the Light” succeeds as a whole because it’s so layered, offering aesthetic beauty and room-filling atmosphere on the surface and tangled concepts to wrestle with the deeper you go.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
She picked up a bundle of twigs and grass and reached up into the branches of a tree and brought down a tangled mass.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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