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entangled

  • past participle
    of entangle.
    entangle
    verb (used with object)
    to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
  • past tense form
    of entangle.
    entangle
    verb (used with object)
    to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.

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South Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s Netflix film carefully attends to the story of two couples of disparate classes who become increasingly entangled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Jackdaw project has been entangled in legal disputes and awaiting final government approval for some time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

This is the second entangled whale the tour operator has witnessed since August, the company said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The new measurement approach could also contribute to new quantum communication protocols, methods for transferring multi-photon quantum entangled states, and new forms of measurement-based quantum computing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

If I’m entangled with her, won’t that make it worse?

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir