Thesaurus results for IMBROGLIO

imbroglio

noun

im-ˈbrōl-(ˌ)yō

as in dispute

an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions a celebrated imbroglio involving some big names in the New York literary scene

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Recent Examples of imbroglio In this imbroglio, the security sector is likely to be a decisive player. —

Michael Bratton, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2016 The imbroglio surfaced after a social media user tracked the tail number of the airplane that Trump used Saturday. —

David Jackson, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024 Eventually, the imbroglio faded from memory after the competitions kicked off, and the whole ordeal became part of the long history of wacky Olympics drama. —

Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 July 2024 In past decades, European leaders might have agreed on enough to find a way out of these various imbroglios. —

Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020 See all Example Sentences for imbroglio

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Research has distinguished between three simple strategies to deal with neighbor disputes: avoidance of the party whose behavior is experienced as unneighborly; confronting the neighbor face-to-face; and relying on a third party to sort out the issue, e.g. the landlord or even police.

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Nearly a decade later, a dark storm cloud has descended upon his increasingly unpopular administration, with the resignation of a top Cabinet minister over a dispute about how to manage US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024