embroil

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

I beg your pardon also for saying or thinking that there was a design to sell me an office, or to embroil me.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret