as in tangled
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 embroiled
This has been done for those who are embroiled with the use of the Internet, or the use of their smartphone, and seems to equally apply to AI usage.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
South Korean authorities repeatedly asked Google to change the location names – but Google resisted and became embroiled in several other South Korean map-labeling controversies in the following years, Ahn wrote in a paper about the topic.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Shrewd dealmaker Anutin has been a mainstay in Thai politics throughout years of turmoil, positioning his Bhumjaithai party strategically between warring elites embroiled in an intractable power struggle and guaranteeing its place in a succession of coalition governments.
—Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The platform was then embroiled in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and accused of allowing misinformation that skewed elections in the US and other western countries, and led to massacres in places like Myanmar.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But once widely respected, Giuliani has become a more divisive figure who has been embroiled in controversies and legal battles in recent years.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict that embroiled the Kremlin decades ago — and, in the process, draw chilling parallels to events unfolding today.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
His order comes a week after the university became embroiled in a controversy between two warring factions in the school’s board of trustees over the legality of the appointment of McCormick as president.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Real World alum and life coach Kelley Wolf has been arrested in Utah after making several confrontational and insulting social media posts about family members and friends, including her estranged husband, the actor Scott Wolf, with whom she's embroiled in a contentious divorce.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
South Korean authorities repeatedly asked Google to change the location names – but Google resisted and became embroiled in several other South Korean map-labeling controversies in the following years, Ahn wrote in a paper about the topic.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Shrewd dealmaker Anutin has been a mainstay in Thai politics throughout years of turmoil, positioning his Bhumjaithai party strategically between warring elites embroiled in an intractable power struggle and guaranteeing its place in a succession of coalition governments.
—Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The platform was then embroiled in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and accused of allowing misinformation that skewed elections in the US and other western countries, and led to massacres in places like Myanmar.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But once widely respected, Giuliani has become a more divisive figure who has been embroiled in controversies and legal battles in recent years.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict that embroiled the Kremlin decades ago — and, in the process, draw chilling parallels to events unfolding today.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
His order comes a week after the university became embroiled in a controversy between two warring factions in the school’s board of trustees over the legality of the appointment of McCormick as president.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Real World alum and life coach Kelley Wolf has been arrested in Utah after making several confrontational and insulting social media posts about family members and friends, including her estranged husband, the actor Scott Wolf, with whom she's embroiled in a contentious divorce.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embroiled
Verb
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True moral dilemmas, which become tangled, in ways that seem impossible to unravel, with his private life.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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Many upright vacuums have nonretractable cords that can become tangled or damaged during use.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If you are trapped by moving water, move to the highest possible point and call 911 if possible.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Voice of Hind Rajab dramatizes the final hours of a young girl trapped under fire in Gaza.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, now his achievement is mired in controversy, on top of their seemingly strained relationship due to the YSL RICO case and the belief that the Atlanta rapper snitched on his mentor.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Sales growth has been mired in the single digits for four straight quarters as the company reckons with the challenges of saturation in its key market of customer relationship management software.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Embroiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroiled. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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