Thesaurus / embroil
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At the same time, Felix was embroiled in a contract dispute with Nike, her primary sponsor for over a decade, over a clause that would tie performance protections for athletes to pregnancy.
WITH 10TH MEDAL, ALLYSON FELIX IS NOW THE MOST DECORATED FEMALE TRACK-AND-FIELD OLYMPIAN EVERSEAN GREGORY/TOKYOAUGUST 6, 2021TIMEFormally Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, the $10 billion contract was awarded to Microsoft in 2019, immediately embroiled in lawsuits, and finally cancelled on July 6.
THE PENTAGON’S JEDI CONTRACT IS DEAD. HERE’S WHAT’S NEXT FOR CLOUD COMPUTING AT THE DOD.ROB VERGERJULY 8, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEAs the spring dragged on, the district grew further embroiled in a war that went beyond group texts and Facebook comments.
'CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS SIMPLY THE LATEST BOGEYMAN.' INSIDE THE FIGHT OVER WHAT KIDS LEARN ABOUT AMERICA'S HISTORYOLIVIA B. WAXMANJUNE 24, 2021TIMEFor every enlightening scene of Williams as a child prodigy or embroiled in controversy, there is one that veers wide of the target.
SERENA WILLIAMS IS MORE THAN A TENNIS PLAYER. ‘SEEING SERENA’ OFFERS A PRISMATIC VIEW OF HER IMPACT.STUART MILLERJUNE 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe University of Oxford has also found itself embroiled in scandal.
FORGET ART AND GEMS, THIEVES MAKE DISCREET MILLIONS AT THE LIBRARYCANDIDA MOSSMAY 30, 2021THE DAILY BEASTUnlike Washington, Beijing hasn’t yet embroiled itself in the region’s rivalries.
FIGURING OUT CHINA’S NEXT MOVEPALLABI MUNSIMARCH 29, 2021OZYThe company has been embroiled in numerous scandals, from its choice of clients—among them Purdue Pharma and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency—to its secretive internal hedge fund rife with conflicts of interest.
MCKINSEY FACES ITS MOMENT OF RECKONINGOLIVER STALEYMARCH 27, 2021QUARTZThe two teams have been embroiled in a decade-long legal battle over the cost of rights fees that MASN owes the Nationals.
TOP EXECUTIVE IS LATEST TO DEPART MASN AMID NETWORK’S PRESEASON UPHEAVALBEN STRAUSS, JESSE DOUGHERTYMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn Baltimore, the police department’s Gun Trace Task Force was disbanded after it became embroiled in a broad corruption scandal involving members stealing money and drugs, falsely arresting people and planting evidence.
DISTRICT’S NEW POLICE CHIEF IS RETHINKING UNIT FOCUSED ON GUN SEIZURESPETER HERMANNMARCH 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTNew York Republicans want to set up an impeachment commission over the nursing home scandal Cuomo has been embroiled in.
A CUOMO DEPARTURE WOULD SET UP KATHY HOCHUL TO BE NEW YORK’S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNORPETER STEVENSONMARCH 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO EMBROIL
- absorbs
- affects
- argues
- associates
- binds
- catches
- commits
- complicates
- comprehends
- comprises
- compromises
- concerns
- connects
- contains
- covers
- denotes
- embraces
- embroils
- engages
- engrosses
- enmeshes
- entails
- entangles
- grips
- holds
- hooks
- implicates
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- incorporates
- incriminates
- inculpates
- links
- means
- mires
- mixes up
- necessitates
- numbers
- point to
- preoccupies
- presupposes
- proves
- relates
- requires
- rivets
- rope in
- snarls up
- suggests
- takes in
- tangles
- touches
- wraps up in
- altercate
- argue
- battle
- be at loggerheads
- bicker
- brawl
- break with
- bump
- carp
- caterwaul
- cavil
- charge
- clash
- collide
- complain
- contend
- contest
- cross swords
- differ
- disapprove
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- embroil
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- find fault
- get tough with
- hassle
- have it out
- have words
- lock horns
- mix it up
- object to
- row
- scrap
- set to
- spar
- spat
- squabble
- strive
- struggle
- take exception
- take on
- tangle
- vary
- war
- wrangle
- altercate
- argue
- battle
- be at loggerheads
- bicker
- brawl
- break with
- bump
- carp
- caterwaul
- cavil
- charge
- clash
- collide
- complain
- contend
- contest
- cross swords
- differ
- disapprove
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- embroil
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- find fault
- get tough with
- hassle
- have it out
- have words
- lock horns
- mix it up
- object to
- row
- scrap
- set to
- spar
- spat
- squabble
- strive
- struggle
- take exception
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- tangle
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- bumped
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- caterwauled
- cavilled
- charged
- clashed
- collided
- complained
- contended
- contested
- crossed swords
- differed
- disapproved
- disputed
- dissented
- divided
- embroiled
- fell out
- feuded
- fought
- found fault
- got tough with
- had it out
- had words
- hassled
- locked horns
- mixed it up
- objected to
- rowed
- scrapped
- set to
- sparred
- spat
- squabbled
- strove
- struggled
- tangled
- took exception
- took on
- varied
- warred
- was at loggerheads
- wrangled
- altercating
- arguing
- battling
- being at loggerheads
- bickering
- brawling
- breaking with
- bumping
- carping
- caterwauling
- cavilling
- charging
- clashing
- colliding
- complaining
- contending
- contesting
- crossing swords
- differing
- disapproving
- disputing
- dissenting
- dividing
- embroiling
- falling out
- feuding
- fighting
- finding fault
- getting tough with
- hassling
- having it out
- having words
- locking horns
- mixing it up
- objecting to
- rowing
- scrapping
- setting to
- sparring
- spitting
- squabbling
- striving
- struggling
- taking exception
- taking on
- tangling
- varying
- warring
- wrangling
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