The case had a tangled history before finally reaching the appeals court last year.

The longer answer involves the tangled history of "urban" remakes.

In water polo, these two teams had a tangled and common history.

Given its lengthy, tangled history, it would seem to have had no choice.

What set this piece apart was its tangled history.

He was referring to the tangled history of relations between the secular authorities and the Islamic movement.

We talk about the instrument's tangled history in the next section.

The plant's tangled history of court challenges and administrative reviews had become even more complex in the 10 months since the first deal was announced.

His mother had a long and tangled history with the city's child welfare agency.

No surprise: international culture is a tangled history of interbreeding.