webs

noun

plural of web
1
as in tangles
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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2
as in traps
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 Synonyms for webs
  1. tangles
  2. traps
  3. labyrinths
  4. ambushes
  5. meshes
  6. nets
  7. entanglements
  8. mazes
Noun
  • In the nearly 3,000 patients who donated their brains to science, the brains of those who took estrogen were less likely to show neurobiological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, such as beta-amyloid plaques or tangles of tau protein.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
  • An overabundance of the SORLA protein protected against a number of biological processes linked to the formation of tau tangles and progression of neurodegeneration.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026
Definition of tangles
Noun
  • In 1998, voters passed Proposition 4, which banned certain traps and animal poisons for recreational and commercial animal trapping.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • As the school year started and drivers tiptoed into new routines or back into old ones a couple of theoretical bear traps snapped down this past Tuesday in Cobb County.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of traps
Noun
  • And who knows if, with chef Mario Carbone, part of those labyrinths will be repurposed into wineries for fine wines.
    — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of labyrinths
Noun
  • Stassi is no stranger to an ambush; one of her most iconic Vanderpump Rules scenes remains one of the best ambushes reality TV’s ever seen.
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Such fleets could patrol submarine cable routes, conduct searches, stage ambushes, and coordinate with underwater sensors, surface vessels, and aerial drones to support future maritime military operations.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of ambushes
Noun
  • Others still involve video to a significant degree but incorporate more explicit 3D information, like data related to positioning, meshes, and so on somewhere in the process.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
  • This might be the last chance to get these items, so check out the latest sales and savings on meshes and routers.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
Definition of meshes
Noun
  • Volleyball nets are higher in men’s volleyball due to this reason.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike phishing scams or malware-laden emails that cast wide nets and hope to lure in random victims, zero-click attacks are highly targeted.
    — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of nets
Noun
  • Not to mention the foreign business entanglements of his family members.
    — James Robenalt, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
  • The conditions that allowed MAHA to flourish—the trust deficit, the corporate entanglements, the gap between research and community, the invisibility of public health in people’s daily lives—have been festering for decades.
    — Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Definition of entanglements
Noun
  • Their sodden footprint mazes cropped up then disappeared across the cement.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There will also be mazes inspired by Sinners, Stranger Things, Evil Dead Burn, Hellraiser, and the legacy of Ozzy Osbourne.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of mazes
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