embroiled

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Embroiled in a fight to avoid relegation, Stuttgart had plenty of chances to exploit defensive errors from Leipzig but couldn’t convert enough of them.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Embroiled in both economic and political crisis, Gordon Brown spotted President Obama's election as an opportunity to be touched by the gold dust of the newly elected president.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2017

Embroiled in a scandal over unauthorized customer accounts, Wells Fargo & Co faces a steep challenge in overhauling its hard-charging sales culture without gutting profits.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2016

Embroiled in the machinations of her godfather — a minister unseen during the opera, who plots to topple a corrupt regime in the Han court of China about A.D.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2012

Embroiled with the Court and her brothers, abandoned by La Rochefoucauld, in the decline of her beauty, upon the eve of maturity, she saw in Heaven alone a refuge against others and herself.

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883