embroil
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The concerts at MetLife Stadium would later embroil Sheeran, his tour, Macklemore — and somehow pop star Pink — in controversy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Those investments, experts say, help prevent regional conflict and war that may embroil the U.S.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
Desperate not to embroil a small, vulnerable immigrant community in an intense national controversy, they tried to avoid the issue.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025
King Charles is more famous than many heads of state, but he can also stay above the party politics that can embroil a president like Emmanuel Macron.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2023
Another effect of the change of practice was to embroil the Post Office.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce
Milking the quirks of small-town life and the strange workings of faith and superstition, “The Unknown Saint” embroils a cast of droll, deadpan characters in amusing high jinks.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
"Because it embroils us in a legal discussion," Mueller said.
From Fox News ● Jul. 24, 2019
Her death remains a mystery that still embroils some of the most storied figures in this city’s imaginary golden age of intrigue and glamour.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2017
The case that has gotten the greatest attention embroils Benedict himself.
From Time ● Mar. 19, 2010
It obtrudes itself even while the violins are preaching earthly peace, and eventually embroils them in its cry of discontent.
From Franz Liszt by James Huneker
But before the finale of the landmark 2021 season which featured the first Black Bachelor, Matt James, Harrison became embroiled in a racially charged scandal that eventually led to him and the show parting ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
In 2002, weeks after his inauguration as prime minister, socialist politician Peter Medgyessy was embroiled in a scandal after it was revealed that he had worked as a secret agent during the communist era.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Three times as many can be found in the South China Sea to show force against the Philippines and Vietnam, with whom Beijing is embroiled in territorial disputes, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Vance is clearly embroiled in a lifelong struggle with a common ailment of self-serious men who consider themselves profound geniuses.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
I particularly feared he would get embroiled in a religious discussion, bring in my Roman Catholicism in a way that could embarrass the Church.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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The 1MDB scandal made headlines across the world when it came to light a decade ago, embroiling prominent figures from Malaysia to Goldman Sachs and Hollywood.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
But her ability to manage her finances is not your responsibility, and we risk embroiling you further in her emotional blackmail and psychological pinball machine by discussing her money troubles.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
He cannot walk on the beach without embroiling himself in national controversy.
From Slate ● May 17, 2025
The White House had previously said it was up to the Chiefs whether to extend an invitation to the star musician, who has largely avoided embroiling herself in politics.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
It is the same in misery and in high places—solitary and impotent, on guard against everybody, embroiling everything.
From The Simple Life by Mary Louise Hendee
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