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Meanings of become entangled in English

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Usage of become entangled in English
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However, 'model students' can also become entangled in mandatory school punishments.
Ebony
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Relations between the two oil-producing countries have become entangled in the Darfur conflict.
Reuters
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When the lines of interest become entangled we have the plot.
The Short-story
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Ingrid Visser says a bottle-nose dolphin may have become entangled in a net.
Radio NZ
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Greater men than I have walked into such nets and become entangled, ensnared.
The Goose Man
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But somehow you've become entangled in all this, so I must not interfere.'
Night of Knives
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Yes, he must warn her, before she could possibly become entangled.
Saint's Progress
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Why am I allowing my life to become entangled with Bimala's?
The Home and the World
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Other people passing through had become entangled in the debate.
Schild’s Ladder
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You must not allow the line to become entangled in trees or other obstacles.
Outdoor Sports and Games
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But those requests have become entangled in an impasse over the state's own budget.
Reuters
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Their detention has become entangled in the confrontation between the United States and Iran.
The Irish Times
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It said they would become entangled in the fairy mists.
The Tangle Box
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That's what happens when you become entangled with other people.
The Guardian
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Evidently, when washed overboard, he had grasped and become entangled in a trailing halyard.
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
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The shroud lines were slackening, and must be wound in lest they become entangled.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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