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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

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

The tail-docking blowup is just the latest controversy to embroil the company.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2023

I beg your pardon also for saying or thinking that there was a design to sell me an office, or to embroil me.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller

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

The ruling rogue, who dreads to be cashler'd, Contrives, as he is hated, to be fear'd; Confounds accounts, perplexes all affairs: For vengeance more embroils, than skill repairs.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by William Ernst Browning

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

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Later, they became involved with a label that was embroiled in a lawsuit, which proved to be yet another dead-end.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Valieva soon became embroiled in a doping scandal that eventually landed her a four-year ban.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The U.S. and Iran are currently embroiled in peace talks as both countries try to find enough common ground to permanently end the war.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

He was, according to Nature’s obituary, "embroiled in controversy for most of his life" and "put his name to much rubbish."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

That said, the circumstances embroiling Menendez now argue for giving him a strong verbal push.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 2023

But Johnson and Issa disagreed on the details of how to fix the problem, embroiling the subcommittee in the same debates that have stymied action on this matter for decades.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2021

"I mean," I said, "that they must either go over to the English themselves, or succeed in embroiling us with the English."

From Montlivet by Alice Prescott Smith




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