embroiling

verb

present participle of embroil
as in tangling
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 embroiling 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 Shea Couleé is speaking about the drama embroiling some of the former members of her drag family. — James Factora, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embroiling
  1. tangling
  2. trapping
  3. broiling
  4. miring
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  • Specialized compartments for rings, statement necklaces, and dainty earrings keep each piece accessible, plus the soft material prevents tangling and damage.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
  • If your duvet cover has buttons or zippers, Ceconi recommends fastening the closures before laundering to prevent tangling.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026
Definition of tangling
Verb
  • After marking his 61st birthday with a vintage video from his 3rd birthday back in 1966, Stamos returned to thirst-trapping for his 62nd.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
  • McLoughlin and colleagues William Jimeno and Dominick Pezzulo were on the main concourse between the two towers when the South Tower collapsed, trapping them in the rubble 30 feet underground.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of trapping
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  • Dozens of young people, including a twenty-one-year-old professional footballer, drowned while seeking relief in open water; three French children died in broiling cars.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of broiling
Verb
  • That’s an example of where not to get information, in order to avoid triggering massive legal conflicts and miring down your company in the process.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The issue at hand – renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA – has created strange political bedfellows this year on Capitol Hill, miring lawmakers in a debate pitting privacy against safety while consuming much of Congress' election-year time.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Definition of miring

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“Embroiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroiling. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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