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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noose
  1. tangle
  2. trap
  3. snare
  4. entanglement
  5. labyrinth
  6. web
  7. quicksand
  8. maze
Noun
  • 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
  • The diminutive Taiwanese market-slash-lunch counter Taiwan Best Mart’s cold sesame noodles ($13) are a refreshing tangle of cucumbers, carrots, cilantro, scallions, sesame seeds, flour noodles and the market’s house sesame sauce.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of tangle
Noun
  • The trap is that the most tempting move an owner could make with this data is some form of monetization.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For them, character not only exists but functions as a compound, a cell, a trap.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of trap
Noun
  • 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
  • The team covers 6 to 12 miles a day on foot, tracking poachers and their snares.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of snare
Noun
  • His trailblazing act had been reduced to a joyless recitation of his legal entanglements.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Trump strode into office for a second term vowing to avoid lengthy and expensive military entanglements.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of entanglement
Noun
  • Tomorrow’s sessions are similar, with the addition of a fly-fishing casting lesson and a meditative stroll around the on-site labyrinth.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Carmen receives them with love and displays them in that labyrinth of Cuban-ness, as colorful and sometimes as moving as the nation’s history and its exile.
    — Sarah Moreno August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of labyrinth
Noun
  • Jurin keeps working after the conversation ends—across phone, email, web chat and LINE, the messaging app used by the vast majority of Japan’s population—connecting plain language to the software that acts.
    — Jurin AI Contributor, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • There appears to be no indication the scammer or scammers behind this web of deception are anywhere close to slowing down.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of web
Noun
  • 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
  • In the Old City, Jewish men in black hats and tzitzit tassels, Muslim women in hijabs and Christian priests in flowing robes walk past each other daily in the maze of stone alleyways.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Inside, the moodily-lit, maze-like dining room seats 500, and also includes a gift shop, on-site brewery, and attached pizza and sushi restaurants.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of maze

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