imbroglios

plural of imbroglio

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of imbroglios The dozens of lawsuits that followed had been entangled in legal imbroglios about how to interpret the untested law. Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 These people online have also said that the Owens family has long lived way beyond their means, while Ronn Owens and Jan Black should take responsibility for enabling their daughter’s costly legal imbroglios with these different men, who also have faced harm to their reputations in the process. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbroglios
Noun
  • International investment treaty disputes are arbitrated under a third-party institution that employs attorneys who specialize in international law and have no particular ties to either party.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The California Governor’s Office disputes Kominski’s characterization of contractor donations as a vector for political influence.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Estelle said there appeared to be at least five fights, and because there were so many altercations in one evening numerous people were detained during the football game.
    Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The trend has resulted in several fatal altercations in recent years.
    Jenna Sundel Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kraft later said he was disappointed in how the docuseries focused on controversies instead of the team’s success.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Canceled also highlights other controversies in Deen's career, including her public spats with Bourdain, the world-traveling chef and CNN travel documentarian who later died by suicide in 2018.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Payne was then asked about a rumor floating around social media that one of his jurors had threatened to quit due to disagreements over the festival’s top prizes.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Also in 2024, at the DNA testing startup 23andMe, all seven independent directors resigned simultaneously, citing major disagreements with CEO Anne Wojcicki and her plans to take the company private.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Republicans’ long-running internal fights over how to handle health insurance coverage are far from settled, and party leaders are not eager to take a firm stance.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has attended several other high-profile sporting events in 2025, including Super Bowl LIX, the Daytona 500, and multiple UFC fights.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal case May 15.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Oral arguments are expected to take place in November.
    Erin Doherty, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The more gaps there are in communication, the more room there is for assumptions, misunderstandings and insecurity to grow.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Usually there’s some history of misunderstandings, hurt feelings or real transgressions.
    Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The curfew came following brawls with police, a racist threat and gunfire that led to a riot in the heart of Milwaukee's Black neighborhood on the city's north side.
    Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Seattle Seahawks pratice erupted into many brawls.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Imbroglios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbroglios. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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