as in to bog (down)
to place in conflict or difficulties
it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him
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The report also found that Santa Barbara County failed to thoroughly empty the existing basins before the disaster, drastically reducing their capacity to trap debris.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Kansas State denied Sedona Prince in the post and made life tough on Madison Conner and Hailey Van Lith by constantly trapping them on pick and rolls.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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And as a result of all these magnetic fields getting tangled up there, those spots on the sun are cooler than the areas around them.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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As a reader reminded me, RFK Jr. and Rush Limbaugh tangled mightily.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
3 Feb. 2025
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In the high-octane clip, the stars get embroiled in a series of mysterious events, with the Weeknd playing a version of himself.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
4 Feb. 2025
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The company has been embroiled in legal drama since last year, when Nintendo filed a lawsuit in Tokyo claiming Palworld infringed on its copyright.—
Megan Farokhmanesh,
WIRED,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Embrangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embrangle. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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