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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The actress, who has been embroiled in a tumultuous legal battle with Justin Baldoni for several months, posted a heartfelt tribute on Instagram, thanking the magazine and civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill for the opportunity.
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Harvard University in Massachusetts has been embroiled in controversies in recent years, the latest being President Donald Trump’s threats to withhold over $2.2 billion in funding from the university over its refusal to comply with the administration’s demands regarding antisemitism.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Just a few summers ago, the women were embroiled in cliquish infighting while the men were busy finding themselves — in business, in sobriety, in love.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 16 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
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Harvard University in Massachusetts has been embroiled in controversies in recent years, the latest being President Donald Trump’s threats to withhold over $2.2 billion in funding from the university over its refusal to comply with the administration’s demands regarding antisemitism.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Just a few summers ago, the women were embroiled in cliquish infighting while the men were busy finding themselves — in business, in sobriety, in love.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 16 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
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Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday, after the two men have tangled sharply over the administration's immigration approach.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Papal rebuke on migration, appeal for prisoners The pope and Vance have tangled sharply over migration and the Trump administration’s plans to deport migrants en masse.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The animal is unlikely to attack unless trapped or provoked.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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The devastating moment isn’t revealed until Bobby heroically seals off the doors to the lab, trapping himself inside to deter further spread of the dangerous virus.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 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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In these, the enemy is not a standing army but various terrorist organizations and looser categories of hostiles, enmeshed in large civilian populations.—
Colin Jones,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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America’s elite universities are already deeply enmeshed with top schools abroad, from engineering partnerships with the Indian Institute of Technology to the Persian Gulf campuses of Georgetown, Texas A&M and NYU.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Embroil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroil. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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