embattled

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Raj Bhakta was a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” an unsuccessful congressional candidate and an embattled whiskey entrepreneur.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Marc Lipschultz, co-CEO of embattled private-equity firm Blue Owl Capital, told investors in April that the company had realized roughly 10-times returns by selling about half of its SpaceX investment at a $1.25 trillion valuation.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

She did not launch a leadership challenge herself but her intervention will add to pressure on the embattled prime minister, who will try to shore up his premiership in a speech on Monday.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The situation between the embattled exes also resulted in the pausing of filming of “Mormon Wives” Season 5.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

But, over time, the middle ground that people like Sprat and Bentley had sought to occupy between superstition and rationalism became increasingly embattled, and the pendulum began to swing the other way.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton