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tangled

[tang-guhld] / ˈtæŋ gəld /




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But the musical’s tangled narrative web has been a stickier challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 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 gazed at Deadwood with dreamlike curiosity, unlike most people, who peered at Clare’s tangled woods with dread, or disgust, or, worst of all, as if it were something they could own.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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