Thesaurus results for IMBROGLIOS

imbroglios

noun

plural of imbroglio

as in disputes

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 imbroglios The dozens of lawsuits that followed had been entangled in legal imbroglios about how to interpret the untested law. — Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 These people online have also said that the Owens family has long lived way beyond their means, while Ronn Owens and Jan Black should take responsibility for enabling their daughter’s costly legal imbroglios with these different men, who also have faced harm to their reputations in the process. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Herzog won a power struggle in the front office, then quit anyway, amid disputes with ownership.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
According to Castillo, one of the most significant failures has been the tendency to treat many squatter complaints as civil disputes rather than criminal investigations.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of disputes

Noun

Multiple officials say that players are advised, outside of training sessions, to remain in the hotel complexes at all times to avoid any risk of altercations or safety risks in public.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Two people were stabbed during separate altercations and multiple arrests were made.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of altercations

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But the Dodgers organization seems to always find itself in the middle of other off-field controversies, and last season was no exception.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Can Foxx remember a time when all three main wings of local government in Charlotte were dealing with such big changes and controversies?

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026

Definition of controversies

Noun

Some states chose not to send representatives; several of them cited disagreements with the partisan mission.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
The city commission reached a major step forward on the project after months of delays and disagreements over the best way to replace the old City Hall, which was damaged beyond repair by the historic flooding of April 2023.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026

Definition of disagreements

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Rounding out the top five names were seven write-in votes for the Sacramento Capitals or Capitols — which could be nicknamed the Caps to avoid quarrels over the spelling — and six votes for the Sacramento Stingers or Sting, referencing the collegiate Sacramento State Hornets.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
In a 2024 study, researchers found that chimpanzee mothers tended to step in to defend their children in quarrels—say, over food or space in a tree—in about half of cases the researchers observed in the wild.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 May 2026

Definition of quarrels

Noun

Advocates viewed Cal/OSHA’S recognition of the detainees as workers as a victory that could pave the way for future labor rights fights at other detention centers in the state.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Losing title fights to Charles Oliveira (symbolic BMF belt), Ilia Topuria (featherweight), and Alex Volkanovski (featherweight).

— Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of fights

Noun

During closing arguments Monday, Deputy District Attorney Daniel Gochnour said GPS data placed Vasquez’s phone at the site of both fires around the time each was reported.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
On Monday afternoon, the judge read the jury charge, giving the panel their instructions for deliberations, and attorneys for both sides made their closing arguments.

— Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026

Definition of arguments

Noun

The idea is to allow for accidents, miscommunications or misunderstandings that the participants agree should not scuttle talks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Starting to collaborate early, and maintaining collaboration throughout every phase of the campaign process, is how teams can move away from working in siloes and decrease the chances of misunderstandings.

— Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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