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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of ensnarl.

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Examples

  • Last year, the British government -- facing the same kind of deficit/fiscal crisis that has ensnarled the United States and the European Union -- undertook a dramatic program of austerity designed to get its fiscal affairs under control.

    Jerry Jasinowski: The Peril of Austerity Jerry Jasinowski 2012

  • Ms. Fujimori's father, Alberto Fujimori, served as a popular president from 1990 to 2000 before being ensnarled in a series of corruption scandals and human rights abuses that led to a 25-year prison sentence.

    In Peru Election, Expats Take an Outsized Role Matt Moffett 2011

  • When the vehicle came to a stop at the first guard post, Kimberley Motley, an American defense lawyer who represents foreigners ensnarled in Afghanistan's legal system, lowered her window and flashed a smile.

    American former beauty queen defending foreigners stuck in Afghan legal system Ernesto Londoño 2010

  • When the vehicle came to a stop at the first guard post, Kimberley Motley, an American defense lawyer who represents foreigners ensnarled in Afghanistan's legal system, lowered her window and flashed a smile.

    American former beauty queen defending foreigners stuck in Afghan legal system Ernesto Londoño 2010

  • Another politician with his eyes on the presidency is Mauricio Macri, the conservative mayor of Buenos Aires who has been ensnarled in a suit over wiretapping which he says was trumped up by Kirchner allies.

    Ex-Argentine President N Matt Moffett 2010

  • It unfolded against a backdrop of the final annexation maneuverings, and it ensnarled those events in mysteries that history has never fully unraveled.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • It unfolded against a backdrop of the final annexation maneuverings, and it ensnarled those events in mysteries that history has never fully unraveled.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • However, when you have to get ensnarled in a moralistic, holier than thou bandwagon, it gets a bit much and fringes on a type of hypocrisy which polarizes, becomes negative and one just wants to distance themselves from it.

    no mames! 2008

  • However, when you have to get ensnarled in a moralistic, holier than thou bandwagon, it gets a bit much and fringes on a type of hypocrisy which polarizes, becomes negative and one just wants to distance themselves from it.

    no mames! 2008

  • However, when you have to get ensnarled in a moralistic, holier than thou bandwagon, it gets a bit much and fringes on a type of hypocrisy which polarizes, becomes negative and one just wants to distance themselves from it.

    no mames! 2008

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