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- verb Present participle of
tangle .
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Examples
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The computer company and the Beatles record label tangling in court, and we have word of a verdict for you.
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Truth to tell, sitting in the conference room of the Challenger over a hundred years later, Scotty liked the idea of tangling with the galactic barrier again even less than he had back on the Enterprise.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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But half the fun of the tangling is the untangling, watching characters grow up and persevere, and all my favorite movies seem to recognize this.
Josh Radnor: Why I Chose "happythankyoumoreplease" Over "sadscrewyougetlost" Josh Radnor 2011
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Truth to tell, sitting in the conference room of the Challenger over a hundred years later, Scotty liked the idea of tangling with the galactic barrier again even less than he had back on the Enterprise.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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MT -- there was never any threat of "tangling" during the 1996 missile crisis.
Mad Chen Rising: STATFOR REPORT: 2007 to be tense year Michael Turton 2007
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At the end, the suitors turn out to be hazel twigs in a bush where a songthrush is singing, and the "tangling" of the branches suggests them surrounding her and trying to win her heart.
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To let MERS continue simply allows it to continue wreaking havoc on property records and the legal morass it's created to continue tangling foreclosure and bankruptcy cases nationwide.
Richard Zombeck: Mass AG Martha Coakley will not Join in Giving MERS and Banks a Deal Richard Zombeck 2011
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To let MERS continue simply allows it to continue wreaking havoc on property records and the legal morass it's created to continue tangling foreclosure and bankruptcy cases nationwide.
Richard Zombeck: Mass AG Martha Coakley will not Join in Giving MERS and Banks a Deal Richard Zombeck 2011
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They fell all over themselves, tangling in the chains, grabbing up boxes, bales, casks, heavy jars, you name it.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Curtis Hill was all thumbs, fumbling with his needles, tangling his fingers as he tried to cast on.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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