embroils

present tense third-person singular of embroil
as in traps
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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traps
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  • In contrast, focusing on weaknesses traps people in a cycle of fixing deficiencies; over time, this limits performance by missing opportunities to generate truly forward-looking solutions.
    Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The utility has a fraught history with the California Coastal Commission, whose former senior scientist dubbed Diablo Canyon California’s largest marine predator because its intake system traps copious ocean larvae.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Embroils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroils. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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