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According to Canberra, the ship was in international waters off Japan with divers clearing fishing gear that had entangled its propellers when a Chinese destroyer approached and switched on its deck-mounted sonar.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023

It lay undisturbed for more than 80 years until the steamer was found by the Girvan Sub-Aqua Club divers, who were diving on an unknown obstruction which had entangled a fisherman's nets.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2023

Their conclusion does knock out one theory that had entangled Dr. Abbott’s personal life with the Somerton mystery.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2022

Thus last week George Whitmore, 28, was finally released from a Dickensian legal nightmare in which police, courts and prisons had entangled his life for nine long years.

From Time Magazine Archive

The birdlime had entangled a few queleas and a mouse that had been attracted by their fluttering.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer