Thesaurus / imbroglio
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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 POSTThe NBA estimates the imbroglio cost $400 million in lost revenue.
HOW THE NBA KEPT THE BUBBLE FROM BURSTINGADAM LASHINSKYOCTOBER 15, 2020FORTUNEHence, as the intelligent reader can foresee, this groom has a part to play in the imbroglio.
TALES AND FANTASIESROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt was strange to get news again, and strike suddenly into this extraordinary Chinese imbroglio.
IN THE RANKS OF THE C.I.V.ERSKINE CHILDERSAnd 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 CARLYLEWhat 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 LEVERIt is a short story of seventy-five small pages only and of the Italian-Spanish imbroglio type.
THE ENGLISH NOVELGEORGE SAINTSBURYThe imbroglio with Russia had at this time scarcely earned the name of war.
DENIS DENTERNEST W. HORNUNGIt had not required this to make it a hideous imbroglio, the most foolish and wanton that ever a woman made.
THE MARRIAGE OF ELINORMARGARET OLIPHANTFrom 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 3VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO IMBROGLIO
- ailment
- brouhaha
- clamor
- commotion
- convulsion
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disruption
- disturbance
- excitement
- fever
- flap
- frenzy
- furor
- fuss
- heat
- hell broke loose
- hubbub
- imbroglio
- outcry
- restiveness
- restlessness
- row
- rumble
- scene
- state of unrest
- stew
- stink
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unrest
- upheaval
- uproar
- upturn
- Catch-22
- asperity
- bad news
- bind
- circumstance
- clutch
- condition
- corner
- crisis
- deadlock
- deep water
- dilemma
- drag
- emergency
- exigency
- fix
- hang-up
- hardship
- hole
- hot water
- imbroglio
- impasse
- jam
- juncture
- large order
- lot
- mess
- muddle
- pass
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- position
- posture
- puzzle
- quagmire
- quandary
- rigor
- rough go
- scrape
- soup
- spot
- state
- strait
- ticklish spot
- tight situation
- trouble
- vicissitude
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