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as in tangles
something that catches and holds he was caught in the web of branches she was trapped by her own web of lies
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as in traps
a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise an ingenious web that was spun by undercover agents going after drug dealers
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The microfiber-esque texture, Dyson says, allows for the cones to pick up hair without tangles.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
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But his Hamlet needs a stalwart supporting cast with whom to spar, and Ahmed tangles beautifully with Shakespeare veteran Timothy Spall, who plays Laertes’ father and family adviser Polonius, and Morfydd Clark as a steely but vulnerable Ophelia.— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Effective vole control includes keeping grass mowed, minimizing mulch, using traps, and protecting young trees with hardware cloth tubes.— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
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The missile site is where Cove and Dixon’s fellow biologists have used camera traps to film pythons preying on the endangered species, which have much lower reproduction rates than the invasive Asian black rats common to Florida.— Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
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Separated by labyrinths of creeks and smaller cays, each one represents a stepping stone away from civilization, Parrish told me.— Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
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Service members could face ambushes en route, and specialized units would need to extract the uranium.— Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
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Once an octopus ambushes and bites its prey, the venom in its saliva paralyzes the prey, allowing the octopus to consume it.— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
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Functional mapping techniques, for instance, can relate similar shapes but are restricted to open-loop motions on clean meshes.— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
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This particular deal gives you two meshes for even more coverage!— George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
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Deliveries for the regular-season games that aired on the Disney nets were up 30% to 760,000 viewers per window.— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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The region is saturated with mines, fortifications, anti-drone nets, and thoroughly depopulated amid the fiercest fighting in Europe since World War II.— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, pop-up gear was tested by 19 fishermen while waters were closed to conventional crab gear to prevent whale entanglements.— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
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But the better course might be to allow the state to go back to a single, simple plate design — one that avoids the fiscal entanglements and ideological biases of the current program.— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
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Family-friendly attractions abound, from old-school carnival games like ring toss and whack-a-mole to a fun house with mirror mazes and glowing lights.— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
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Creating mazes and tunnels is an easy way to make your rat happy — and a delight to watch.— Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Webs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/webs. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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