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tangled

[tang-guhld]

adjective

  1. snarled, interlaced, or mixed up.

    tangled thread.

  2. very complicated, intricate, or involved.

    tangled bureaucratic procedures.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tangled1

First recorded in 1580–90; tangle 1 + -ed 2
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In an essay for the Intercept unpacking the tangled backstory of the five dozen or so Afrikaners recently welcomed as refugees by the U.S.,

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The Fried Chicken Club salad doesn’t mess around either — crispy fried chicken crackling with every bite, tangled in mixed greens, smoky shards of bacon and bold blue cheese crumbles.

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A stunned Wilzek, spotting a familiar face, reports that “time had become tangled like a film reel.”

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One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.

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It was not, she repeatedly emphasized, an attempt to promote vaccination, a once-common practice now tangled in layers of political, social and cultural debate — or, for that matter, to dissuade anyone from getting vaccinated.

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