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imbroglio

[im-brohl-yoh] / ɪmˈbroʊl joʊ /


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There may be a way out of the imbroglio in Iran.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

It is hard to develop a strong rooting interest in any of them, or to care much about how the whole imbroglio turns out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The Warner Bros.’ imbroglio has helped knock its forward price-to-earnings ratio from a high of more than 47 last summer to around 27 today.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

The agency could use the resulting internet imbroglio to educate people about the best practices for off-road vehicles on public lands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

Just to get away from it all—the World Championship imbroglio and the constant stalking of him by reporters and photographers—Bobby took a two-month cruise by himself around the world.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The developments are the latest in unprecedented legal imbroglios surrounding the former premier, now the country’s top opposition leader.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023

Set in Berlin in 1942-43, the German period drama is less interested in wartime crises than the daily imbroglios of a life of hiding in plain sight.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

The duo sometimes set up Skype meetings with their targets, one of them on camera and wearing a silicone mask of Le Drian in order to petition for help with political imbroglios.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2022

All we know is this: 2020 has a tough act to follow when it comes to rules imbroglios.

From Golf Digest ● Dec. 19, 2019

The close of VII. ii. and the whole of VIII. i. are occupied with imbroglios of the most characteristic kind.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury




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