They may get tangled in their support hose on the field and injure themselves.

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And Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line relies on overhead power lines that could get tangled in blown foliage.

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Anyone's longitudinal luck can suddenly go south: Batteries burn up, propellers get tangled in lobster traps, lightning strikes sailboat masts.

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The center must dispatch ships to service the buoys, whose mooring lines often get tangled in fishing lines or are severed by collisions with boats.

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Unlike many of its peers, it stuck to commercial lending and didn't get tangled up in the subprime mess.

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Might the system get flipped and tangled in the milieu?

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To win over skeptics, it will need to get off to a fast start and show that it can avoid getting tangled up in its own red tape.

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