embroil
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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
Investors were on guard for the potential of the conflict spreading to embroil other countries, including Iran, and a continued spike in oil prices.
From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2023
Prosecutors say the bid-rigging scandal arrests have just begun and could embroil more companies.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
The Turks were advancing on the east, the French King was harassing him on the west, and the Pope always trying to embroil him with other kingdoms and to drain his Empire.
From A Short History of Germany by Mary Platt Parmele
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
I believe it would rather be like the decision in that outer darkness of which Milton speaks where “‘chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray.’”
From Historical Essays by James Ford Rhodes
It had been nearing a close when it, too, became embroiled in controversy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The two chains have been embroiled in a long running legal battle over the right to use brand terms including "Mac".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The incident spurred Michigan to ask law firm Jenner & Block to investigate the culture inside an athletic department that had been embroiled in a string of scandals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
And to be an American is to be embroiled in the great democratic experiment that has been defined by division from the beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was a pattern that would repeat itself in cities throughout the United States, as black communities found themselves embroiled in deep conflict over goals and strategies pursued by the black elite.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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
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
Jailhouse records soon proved Sanders right, embroiling the district attorney’s office and Sheriff’s Department in a national scandal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
He even took a keen and mournful pleasure in disturbing their investigations, in embroiling their ideas in showing the innocence of those whom they suspected.
From The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant
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