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embroil

[em-broil] / ɛmˈbrɔɪl /


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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

Prosecutors say the bid-rigging scandal arrests have just begun and could embroil more companies.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2023

"We need to avoid a major conflict that will embroil the United States or indeed the countries in the region," senior UAE official Anwar Gargash told a U.S.-based think-tank on Thursday.

From Reuters Dec. 12, 2021

It was now sufficiently obvious that Philippa had, with incredible perfidy, taken advantage of my absence to embroil herself in the entertainment of barbaric royalty.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross

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

It had been nearing a close when it, too, became embroiled in controversy.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

But the company became embroiled in controversy last summer after an ill-received logo change.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has admitted his force "dropped the ball" when it spent four months investigating a journalist examining claims about a University of Cambridge professor embroiled in a plagiarism row.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Coincidentally, Harper became embroiled in that lawsuit, in which the plaintiffs pointed to images of Harper’s face on the DraftKings app as evidence.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 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

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 case was one of many legal fights currently embroiling Mr. Musk and X. The company is suing a law firm that represented it before Mr. Musk’s ownership, claiming that it collected unreasonably high fees.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2024

But just as some women, in spite of every endeavour, never succeed in compromising themselves, so Karl Leskjewitsch had never yet succeeded in seriously embroiling himself with the government.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin




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