Thesaurus results for NOOSE

noose

noun

ˈnüs

Definition of noose

as in tangle

something that catches and holds the representative was forced to resign after getting caught in a noose of lies and corruption

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Recent Examples of noose Those laurels quickly become a noose. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 June 2026 Hours later, Epstein would be found on the floor of his cell with an orange noose around his neck in an apparent suicide attempt weeks before his death. — New York Times, 16 June 2026 The former cop also claimed to have found a hangman’s noose under Epstein’s mattress. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026 Even-handed, compassionate, and as suffocatingly tense as a hangman's noose, Munich is Spielberg's most underrated film. — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for noose

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The Bell Jar Tracing the tangle of a new job in New York City and the simultaneous onrush of clinical depression, The Bell Jar brings the interior world of central character Esther Greenwood into stunning relief.

— Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Penske has designed tracks through city blocks, but never through both federal and municipal grounds with a tangle of buildings that include the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the National Archives.

— Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of tangle

Noun

Speaking with the New York Times in December, Teresa Griffin, a wildlife manager with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, shared that the group traps and releases about 60 beavers a year.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
From plates and knives not being clean to flies stuck on traps, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants last week.

— Joseph Hernandez August 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

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The second was a one-handed snare in the corner of the end zone in the opening minutes of the third quarter to give Mandarin a double-digit lead in an eventual 38-21 win over Hollywood McArthur.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
On the final note, when the sticks hit the snare for the last time, Ryan dove on top of the crowd.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of snare

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Stars Dakota Fanning as a woman whose relationship with her boyfriend hits a rough patch just as her ex reappears in her life, leading to messy entanglements in the Alaskan wilderness.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
But the company’s earnings call on Wednesday also underscored the financial entanglements between the chipmaker, the hyperscalers and the rest of the AI industry.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of entanglement

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The chase that follows finds Reacher and Green eluding several officers in Magic Gardens, the South Street art space dominated by Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar’s multimedia mosaic labyrinth.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
But the Gregorys noticed Atlantans, or others familiar with our city’s quirky labyrinth of Peachtrees, were seeing the Queens song and weighing in.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of labyrinth

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OpenAI's security and safety practices have been under intense scrutiny after the company disclosed that two of its models escaped their training environment, accessed the open web and breached Hugging Face's systems last month.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
The all-black look was completed with custom Miss Z pumps from Louboutin, carrying the arachnid theme down to her feet with a mesh spider-web design and 3D spider adornments.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of web

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These companies have some of the best brands and highest quality products and yet the share prices are in quicksand.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
The Moon may not be coated by miles-deep quicksand, but it is covered with countless microscopic knives.

— Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

Definition of quicksand

Noun

Specialized teams are now leading the search for 933 workers who remain unaccounted for and could be trapped alive in the maze-like network.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
His son Jack, who had attended the event in California, was instrumental in making these mazes happen, Universal officials have said.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of maze

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