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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In a Facebook post, the National Institute for Emergency Medicine in Thailand said around 320 workers were on the site at the time of the collapse and 20 are trapped in the lift shafts.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
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These are some signs that you’re trapped in a cycle of too much hustle and stress.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Using the necklace Axel secretly gave Taylor as bait to lure him into getting tangled up with the drains in their hot tub and then using their little Finnish NotRoomba™ to seal the Tub Top is pretty diabolical.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Read Next Florida Diver died while tangled in propeller off Florida, feds say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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For those whose memory of Dead Reckoning's plot is dim, Hunt and his team became embroiled in a global chase to find the two keys capable of controlling a rogue sentient AI dubbed The Entity.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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The country has also been embroiled in civil war for four years sparked by a bloody and economically destructive military coup, which has seen junta forces battle rebel groups across the country.—
Eve Brennan,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Embrangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embrangle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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