EMBRANGLING Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

embrangling

verb

present participle of embrangle

as in trapping

to place in conflict or difficulties it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him

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Heat domes are sprawling areas of strong high pressure that act like a lid on the atmosphere, trapping heat underneath and squelching clouds and precipitation with their sinking air, resulting in thousands of excess deaths in Europe alone.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
On Wednesday, July 22, Abdoulaye Dieng died from asphyxiation after trapping his head between a mirror and an iron bar at the Luz do Brás daycare center in São Paulo, Brazilian outlets O Globo and G1 reported.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

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For more than a year, an uncontrolled fire had burned in the bowels of the dump, broiling old garbage and sending nauseating fumes into nearby homes.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Those who turn to methods like broiling and roasting when cooking will be prone to more buildup in their oven, Murphy explains, due to the way heat breaks down oil and fat.

— Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 July 2026

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Matti Friedman, a former Associated Press reporter in the Middle East, has observed that in the conflicts embroiling Israel and diaspora Jewry, many major Western media institutions have recast themselves as participants instead of observers.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
The scale of the fraud in Minnesota dwarfs the roughly $100 million welfare scandal that rocked Mississippi from 2016 to 2019, embroiling former NFL quarterback Brett Favre in a civil lawsuit and sullying the state’s reputation for oversight.

— The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026

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