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
Duplicity, directed by Tony Gilroy, follows two corporate spies, Claire (Roberts) and Ray (Owen), who become embroiled in a clandestine love affair.
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Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Once hoped to revitalize the city center, the Union 93 development has sat stalled and partially built for over three years, embroiled in legal disputes over $20 million in unpaid construction work.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 11 Oct. 2025
When he's pulled from retirement to mentor a new agent, Sam quickly becomes embroiled in yet another global conspiracy that requires him to cross the globe, infiltrate bases, take out foes, and generally get up to no good.
—PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Nvidia’s popularity has also embroiled the company in a steep controversy for potentially allowing China to skirt around export restrictions as trade tensions continue.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
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Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Once hoped to revitalize the city center, the Union 93 development has sat stalled and partially built for over three years, embroiled in legal disputes over $20 million in unpaid construction work.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 11 Oct. 2025
When he's pulled from retirement to mentor a new agent, Sam quickly becomes embroiled in yet another global conspiracy that requires him to cross the globe, infiltrate bases, take out foes, and generally get up to no good.
—PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Nvidia’s popularity has also embroiled the company in a steep controversy for potentially allowing China to skirt around export restrictions as trade tensions continue.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
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The Suncast resin hose hideaway prevents cracking, tangling and freezing as temperatures drop.—
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16 Oct. 2025
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Importantly, the net-illuminating gear is also highly effective at preventing sea turtles from getting tangled in the gillnets.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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Brooks Sports, a sports equipment company, offers a possible reason for the squeaking, noting that the cause is often air or moisture trapped under the insoles within the shoes.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Grijalva trapped in the waiting place Press conferences are not the only recurring agenda item on Capitol Hill amid the government shutdown.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Oct. 2025
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WASP-39b is about the size of Saturn and whips around its sunlike star once every four days; that broiling orbit heats the planet’s dayside to 1,430 degrees Fahrenheit (776 degrees Celsius).—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Scientific American,
13 Oct. 2025
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In addition to a global pandemic, a social reckoning or two, and the broiling state of America's politics, the singer has become a father, gained a new following through his aforementioned TikTok resurgence, and watched the music industry morph — some would say crumble — around him.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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Eliza had been enmeshed in world-historical events through the careers of her father and her husband.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Last month, Zerohash raised $104 million in funding from financial firms including Morgan Stanley and Interactive Brokers, part of its strategy to enmesh itself with banks and brokers that are building crypto products.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Embroil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroil. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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