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embattled

[em-bat-ld] / ɛmˈbæt ld /


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We've Won It All', a gesture of support for the embattled chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The second is unique to him: dealing with the increasingly uncertain fate of the embattled John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the orchestra’s home since 1971.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Vanderbilt and Dalton Knecht, the embattled third-year guard who has never found a solid role with the team after he was traded and returned in 2025, could be trade pieces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Acme’s success is the latest humiliation for embattled Warner Bros.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Through the smoke we saw other launches put in from other brigs and sloops slipping toward the embattled docks.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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