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
After the trial and sentencings, a noose of grief tightened around the DuFresne family.
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Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
More than six years ago, Smollett told police that two men attacked him in the Streeterville neighborhood, hitting him, yelling homophobic slurs and placing a noose around his neck.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
The noose was still hanging when Hartsfield returned to the store the next day, according to the suit.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2025
Once again South Africa are agonizingly on the cusp of ending cricket’s most infamous hoodoo, so close to removing the noose that has been hanging over them for more than three decades.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
More than six years ago, Smollett told police that two men attacked him in the Streeterville neighborhood, hitting him, yelling homophobic slurs and placing a noose around his neck.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
The noose was still hanging when Hartsfield returned to the store the next day, according to the suit.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2025
Once again South Africa are agonizingly on the cusp of ending cricket’s most infamous hoodoo, so close to removing the noose that has been hanging over them for more than three decades.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noose
Noun
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Grace and Company Silky Satin Pillowcase Upgrade your nighttime routine with this ultra-smooth satin pillowcase designed to help prevent overnight frizz, tangles, and breakage.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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By the 20th century, Rome was like any other city, with trains and cars that let people live farther from the urban center and a tangle of highways and suburbs and shopping centers that sprawled far beyond the original fortified walls.—
Krista Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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Undervaluing Yourself To Avoid Conflict Many professionals, especially those early in their careers, fall into the trap of lowballing their worth out of fear.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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That’s the trap with a character like this — writing to a joke versus writing to her worldview and her attitude.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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And Gemma and her cohorts are forced to develop new technologically advanced gizmos in a hurry and repurpose items on the fly in order to do battle with enemies amid the snares and dangers of these elaborate settings.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
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Wolves are killed across the Northern Rockies using steel-jawed traps, neck snares, packs of dogs and even snowmobiles.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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In addition to vessel strikes, humpback whales face threats including fishing gear entanglement and ocean noise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Paloma Chavez
July 2,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2025
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Unlike classical computers, which process bits as 0s or 1s, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in multiple states simultaneously due to superposition and entanglement.—
Leeor Shimron,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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That is why this fiction is not built on facts, but rather on traversing the labyrinths of memory.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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No matter how complicated the labyrinth of modern politics becomes, that thread will lead us through.—
Linda McMahon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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The Talos post was published around the same time that the dark web site belonging to BlackSuit began displaying a message saying the site had been seized in Operation CheckMate.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 July 2025
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Meta lost the race to control the operating systems for the mobile web era in the early 2000s and 2010s, which Apple and Google won.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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Some have likened this to building a skyscraper on quicksand.—
Alexander Sudeykin,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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These moves chip away at the 188,000 pages bloating the Code of Federal Regulations, freeing businesses and families from bureaucratic quicksand.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Knott’s announced the retirement of the Bloodline 1842 and Wax Works mazes after the 2024 season.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
18 July 2025
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There were beautiful farm animals, interactive science exhibits and even a candy maze.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated July 16,
Sacbee.com,
16 July 2025
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“Noose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noose. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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