as in to tangle
to place in conflict or difficulties
the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall
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Recent Examples of embroil
Uber and Waymo, who were once embroiled in a lawsuit over self-driving technology, are now partners.
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Alexandra Skores, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
This cautious approach allowed the U.S. to develop its economy and military strength without becoming deeply embroiled in European rivalries.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
And Lux — embroiled in controversy after three of its top executives were in September indicted on fraud charges related to a St. Louis project — is back to paying its contractors after being hit with multiple court actions.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2025
Unpicking this symbiosis will take hundreds of billions of dollars, likely footed by European taxpayers already embroiled in a cost-of-living crisis and cuts to public services.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Skores, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
This cautious approach allowed the U.S. to develop its economy and military strength without becoming deeply embroiled in European rivalries.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
And Lux — embroiled in controversy after three of its top executives were in September indicted on fraud charges related to a St. Louis project — is back to paying its contractors after being hit with multiple court actions.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2025
Unpicking this symbiosis will take hundreds of billions of dollars, likely footed by European taxpayers already embroiled in a cost-of-living crisis and cuts to public services.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embroil
Verb
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Land a fiber-optic drone in the wrong spot and its millimeters-thick, through which the drone sends and receives signals, could get tangled.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Page, whose character is tangled in a complicated dynamic with Harris', framed the movie's tension as a battle between personal needs and global consequences.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That’s because all the air gets trapped in the elastic edges.—
Kelly Dawson,
Architectural Digest,
14 Mar. 2025
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That's a problem when they're trapped in an experimental machine that simulates their creative ideas.—
James Perkins Mastromarino,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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The broiling drums will always urge us onwards, and Blanche will always be caught somewhere in the half-light, trapped in a different dance under a paper moon.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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At such proximity the planet would broil at around 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to vaporize some metals.—
Dakotah Tyler,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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It’s also enmeshed with a BEAMS PLUS twist on classic nautical style, blending craftsmanship with contemporary design.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
17 Feb. 2025
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When enmeshed with capitalism, genius fosters almost inordinate ambition and grants the kind of power that few would turn down but even fewer should wield.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Embroil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroil. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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