tangled web
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftangledandweb
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tangled
adjective
uk/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/us/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/
twisted into an ...
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web
noun[C]
uk/web/us/web/
a net used to catch insects, made by a spider from the sticky thread that its ...
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(Definition oftangledandwebfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftangled web
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Traditional knowledge advocates weave atangledweb.
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Behind the apparent simplicity of the question lies atangledwebof definitions.
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Oh, what atangledwebwe weave!
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What atangledwebwe weave.
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These clauses are atangledweb.
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It is atangledweb, but where is the deception?
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The law governing unadopted roads is atangledweb.
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It is another link-up in this rathertangledweb.
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I draw her attention to a new twist in thattangledweb.
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But today we are facing atangledwebof programmes and a mountain of incoherent measures.
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Human rights violations obviously lead to atangledwebof consequences.
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It would need a lawyer to understand thetangledwebof provisions under that order.
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Oh what atangledwebit is; what anguish for all.
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It will require statesmanship of the highest order to unravel thistangledweb.
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It revealed thetangledwebin which all concerned are involved in one way or another.
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It seems to me to be atangledweband it is difficult to untangle it.
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This leads to atangledwebof problems and sadness.
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It sets up atangledwebof administrative uncertainties and anomalies, which follow as night follows day.
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Beadledom and bumbledom will now be revealed in all their glory administering thistangledwebof regulations.
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Unfortunately, so far most government measures have resulted in increased bureaucracy and an increasinglytangledwebof red tape.
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How will individual learners or employers make sense of thetangledwebof quangos that will exist at regional level?
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I hope to make it clear that they would result in a somewhat complicated andtangledweb.
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Out of thattangledwebwith which they had to deal they tried to find a path of extrication.
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Thistangledwebresults in terrible suffering for the people and the squandering of money and humanitarian aid.
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Even those people working in citizens' advice bureaux need a guide to thistangledwebof legislation.
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