tangles

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  • We all know that clumps and tangles are the worst types to combat, and that the very nature of such a Fall can cause injuries to even the most alert rider and clever dragon. —  The Chronicles Of Pern: First Fall
  • Her attempts at embroidery used to wind up in tangles, and she had never paid enough attention to sewing to know how to mend. —  Gaston, Diane - The Mysterious Miss M
  • It threaded neatly through seemingly impassable tangles, avoiding tangle trees and monster warrens, hardly abating its pace even for fair-sized rifts. —  Castle Roogna
  • The three girls had their hair straggling in assorted tangles, and their faces were smudged. —  Zombie Lover
  • Emotional tangles were usually resolved in 22 minutes plus commercial breaks, and there was a general message of cooperation, family sticking together, sharing and caring, and friendship. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
 

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