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
Harper sued in 2020, alleging unlawful access to his private financial information, and has been embroiled in litigation since then and is now seeking relief from the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
For those whose memory of Dead Reckoning's plot is dim, Hunt and his team became embroiled in a global chase to find the two keys capable of controlling a rogue sentient AI dubbed The Entity.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
The country has also been embroiled in civil war for four years sparked by a bloody and economically destructive military coup, which has seen junta forces battle rebel groups across the country.
—Eve Brennan, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Michael Sheen and Channel 4 are embroiled in a row after being accused of ripping elements of their series Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway from a previous idea pitched to Sheen.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
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Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
For those whose memory of Dead Reckoning's plot is dim, Hunt and his team became embroiled in a global chase to find the two keys capable of controlling a rogue sentient AI dubbed The Entity.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
The country has also been embroiled in civil war for four years sparked by a bloody and economically destructive military coup, which has seen junta forces battle rebel groups across the country.
—Eve Brennan, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Michael Sheen and Channel 4 are embroiled in a row after being accused of ripping elements of their series Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway from a previous idea pitched to Sheen.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
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Using the necklace Axel secretly gave Taylor as bait to lure him into getting tangled up with the drains in their hot tub and then using their little Finnish NotRoomba™ to seal the Tub Top is pretty diabolical.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Read Next Florida Diver died while tangled in propeller off Florida, feds say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Law enforcement in Willacy County were still working to save residents trapped in their homes Friday after about 12 to 15 inches of rain pummeled the area over a six-hour period, the county’s Emergency Management Coordinator Frank Torres said.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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In Alamo, the police and fire department responded to more than 100 water rescues, including people stranded in their vehicles and trapped in their homes, Fire Department Chief R.C. Flores said at a news conference Friday afternoon.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2025
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This happens constantly, and many conversations find Goggins broiling over, his emotions never failing to leak through the cracks.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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And to have done back-breaking work in broiling sun, to supply the top dogs’ tables with bounty?—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
7 Apr. 2025
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The iPhone is a quintessentially 21st century product — Californian in its creation and design and now enmeshed in the global economy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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Wall Street’s blue Monday even pulled down stocks of companies enmeshed in the cryptocurrency economy, which rose strongly in the morning.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Embroil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroil. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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