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

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

"We need to avoid a major conflict that will embroil the United States or indeed the countries in the region," senior UAE official Anwar Gargash told a U.S.-based think-tank on Thursday.

From Reuters • Dec. 12, 2021

The sea's lavish harvest was certainly sent Man's palate to please, and his hunger content; Not, not, my dear Chef, as mere strife-stirring spoil His kitchen to slop, and his cooks to embroil.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 by Various