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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

Prosecutors say the bid-rigging scandal arrests have just begun and could embroil more companies.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 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

All cannot have all the favors, and the division of them may embroil a household as bitterly as the division of an empire has embroiled rival heirs of thrones.

From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel




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