Thesaurus results for WEB

web

noun

ˈweb

Definition of web

as in tangle

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 ambush

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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Recent Examples of web The pro-Russia conservative leader ruled for 20 years in total, leaving a web of corrupt cronyism in highly compromised state institutions. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026 According to Accrete, the system can process information from the open web, social media, broadcast media, messaging platforms, and foreign-language outlets. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026 Kahoot integrates with ChatGPT for seamless activity creation, and Diffit's extension generates resources directly from web content. — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Large projects consist of a spider’s web of deadlines, a mishmash of budgets, a cavalcade of different teams to organize and a litany of regulatory hurdles to clear. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for web

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Noun

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

Schools for young Werewolves are said to be in operation, staffed by SS officers who are teaching the students the tactics of ambush mobility.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Alberto Nunez Feijoo, leader of the opposition People’s Party, has led the charge against Sanchez’s government, criticizing him again on Thursday after the ambush of the military vehicle.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of ambush

Noun

Roosts can be hard to access, and as these fleet flitters can also dodge nets, not to mention breezily detect them using their echolocation capabilities.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Michael Canty, a now-former Covington detective, is one of the first Georgia officers Flock’s Audit Assistance feature helped net.

— Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of net

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

Definition of trap

Noun

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

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

Noun

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

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