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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 embroiled
Adidas also remains embroiled in a long-running multinational trademark battle with Thom Browne regarding the use of stripes.
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
This means that instead of simplicity, customers become embroiled in a very low-agility, low-visibility, slow process that is costly in terms of both time and money.
—Jeppe Rindom, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Syria has been embroiled in a bloody, nearly 14-year civil war as Islamist rebels looked to overthrow the Assad dynasty.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Since February 2022, Russia has been embroiled in a brutal war against Ukraine, while Hezbollah has suffered severely over the past few months in an Israeli campaign which killed the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah in September.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Since 2021, Abbott has been embroiled in a legal battle with President over Operation Lone Star which has seen thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and law enforcement personnel sent to the border, along with the construction of physical obstacles such as razor wire fences.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Over the summer, he was embroiled in a social-media fight among venture capitalists over one of his previous investments and allegations of mistreating the founder.
—Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
But Europe’s two biggest powers are embroiled in domestic troubles.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
France, meanwhile, is currently embroiled in a debt crisis that threatens to plunge its government, as well as the eurozone, into crisis.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
Lily Templeton, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
This means that instead of simplicity, customers become embroiled in a very low-agility, low-visibility, slow process that is costly in terms of both time and money.
—Jeppe Rindom, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Syria has been embroiled in a bloody, nearly 14-year civil war as Islamist rebels looked to overthrow the Assad dynasty.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Since February 2022, Russia has been embroiled in a brutal war against Ukraine, while Hezbollah has suffered severely over the past few months in an Israeli campaign which killed the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah in September.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Since 2021, Abbott has been embroiled in a legal battle with President over Operation Lone Star which has seen thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and law enforcement personnel sent to the border, along with the construction of physical obstacles such as razor wire fences.
—Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Over the summer, he was embroiled in a social-media fight among venture capitalists over one of his previous investments and allegations of mistreating the founder.
—Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
But Europe’s two biggest powers are embroiled in domestic troubles.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
France, meanwhile, is currently embroiled in a debt crisis that threatens to plunge its government, as well as the eurozone, into crisis.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Embroiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroiled. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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