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Relevant editors appeared to have been aware of Barrett’s plagiarism incidents but not so much about the imbroglio over her Post story, according to a staffer at the meeting.
EDITOR WHO WORKED ON RUTH SHALIT BARRETT’S RETRACTED ATLANTIC STORY IS NO LONGER WITH THE MAGAZINEERIK WEMPLEJANUARY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The NBA estimates the imbroglio cost $400 million in lost revenue.
HOW THE NBA KEPT THE BUBBLE FROM BURSTINGADAM LASHINSKYOCTOBER 15, 2020FORTUNE
Hence, as the intelligent reader can foresee, this groom has a part to play in the imbroglio.
TALES AND FANTASIESROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
It was strange to get news again, and strike suddenly into this extraordinary Chinese imbroglio.
IN THE RANKS OF THE C.I.V.ERSKINE CHILDERS
And indeed his world is one huge imbroglio of Potentialities and Diplomatic Intricacies, agitating to behold.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. XV. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLE
What was to come of this strange imbroglio in which I now stood; how was Fate about to deal with me?
PAUL GOSSLETT'S CONFESSIONS IN LOVE, LAW, AND THE CIVIL SERVICECHARLES JAMES LEVER
It is a short story of seventy-five small pages only and of the Italian-Spanish imbroglio type.
THE ENGLISH NOVELGEORGE SAINTSBURY
The imbroglio with Russia had at this time scarcely earned the name of war.
DENIS DENTERNEST W. HORNUNG
It had not required this to make it a hideous imbroglio, the most foolish and wanton that ever a woman made.
THE MARRIAGE OF ELINORMARGARET OLIPHANT
From the beginning of the Egyptian imbroglio Lord Randolph was emphatically opposed to almost every step taken by the government.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 6, SLICE 3VARIOUS
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO IMBROGLIO

  • affair
  • association
  • cobweb
  • complexity
  • confusion
  • difficulty
  • embarrassment
  • embroilment
  • enmeshment
  • ensnarement
  • entrapment
  • imbroglio
  • intricacy
  • intrigue
  • involvement
  • jumble
  • knot
  • liaison
  • mesh
  • mess
  • mix up
  • muddle
  • snare
  • tangle
  • tie up
  • toil
  • trap
  • web
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