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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Lucy Hale may be best known as the de-facto leader in Pretty Little Liars, but in an alternate reality she might have been enmeshed in a double life as the protagonist in Disney‘s Hannah Montana.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2025
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The line also enmeshes craftsmanship with cultural storytelling.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Embroil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroil. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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