noose

noun

ˈnüs How to pronounce noose (audio)
Definition of noosenext
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 The incident with the noose and the doorknob came in early October. — Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 3 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for noose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noose
  1. tangle
  2. trap
  3. snare
  4. entanglement
  5. labyrinth
  6. web
  7. quicksand
  8. maze
Noun
  • The shampoo didn’t strip the tester’s already-dry hair, and a two-minute conditioner left her tangles smooth enough to finger-comb.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The double-deck Wacker Drive obliterated a tangle of buildings and produce stalls in favor of a broad Beaux Arts thoroughfare by the Chicago River.
    — Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of tangle
Noun
  • The hacker set a trap designed to lure the impostor into claiming more Bitcoin.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The personalization trap The core of the problem is that Google wants its products and services to talk to each other.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of trap
Noun
  • In California, 387 were killed with neck snares, 44 with foothold traps and 2,200 shot with firearms.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Chase and Tee Higgins turn potential incompletions into 6-point snares.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of snare
Noun
  • After all, Apple and Google are sworn frenemies, dragging each other in the press while simultaneously holding multi-billion-dollar entanglements behind the scenes.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Salsa was rescued once as a pup during an Unprecedented Mortality Event, released in 2015, re-stranded due to a fishing entanglement and deemed non-releasable by the federal government.
    — Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of entanglement
Noun
  • In postwar Spain, a young girl discovers a mysterious labyrinth and a magical world while living under the rule of her brutal stepfather.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Outdoors, we were greeted by sculptures from Joan Miró’s labyrinth to Alberto Giacometti’s courtyard.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of labyrinth
Noun
  • Kinder Morgan operates a dominant, interconnected web of steel pipelines that links oversupplied shale basins directly to major demand centers and Gulf Coast export complexes.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The full 12-company delegation spans original story IP in drama, film, animation and web novels, as well as generative AI, interactive entertainment and fan platforms.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of web
Noun
  • That’s where the Chargers began sinking into that all-too-familiar quicksand, ultimately managing just six points.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
  • After the blinding start to a decisive Game 3 against the Las Vegas Aces, after the crawl through quicksand for the rest of it, after the bloody lip and a stoic walk off the floor while cannons spit celebratory smoke into the air.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of quicksand
Noun
  • Picking either of these teams to win feels like picking a blind man to walk through a maze, but give me the Cowboys to get back on the right track.
    — Mac Engel October 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Hoàn Kiếm Lake, the Hanoi Opera House, and the Vietnam National Museum of History are all nearby, while the maze of the Old Quarter begins just beyond the lake.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of maze

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