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

What necessity was there for him to embroil himself, a married man with children, whose whole life had been spent in working like a slave to amass a little capital?

From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando