embroiled

verb

past tense of embroil
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 Three additional officers are also embroiled in this controversy, and their actions are also being investigated, according to police. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Summer Walker, long unhappy with her record deal, has become embroiled in a series of legal disputes with her labels, LVRN and Interscope. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026 Typically, when embroiled in these sorts of escalating back-and-forths, Larry’s go-to move was the quit-and-storm-off. — Blake J. Harris, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026 One of those entities, Prince Legacy LLC, recently became embroiled in litigation when some of Prince’s heirs sought to fire the managers who had been hired to manage their share of the intellectual property rights. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 Team member outraged University of Maryland freshman Camryn Bryant is on the club tennis team that is embroiled in the scandal. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 The 106-year-old public course has been embroiled in a lawsuit since February. — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 The first installment of Beef, created by Lee Sung Jin, also starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as two strangers who become embroiled in an escalating feud following a road-rage incident. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Black is currently embroiled in a civil lawsuit accusing him of raping a teenage girl inside Epstein’s New York home in 2002. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embroiled
  1. tangled
  2. trapped
  3. mired
Verb
  • Besides the challenge of rebuilding the tunnel, the railroad has been tangled for several years in legal disputes with the city of Fort Bragg and the California Coastal Commission.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But ordinary matter, which interacts using all four fundamental forces, would get all tangled up.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of tangled
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  • Russia and Ukraine are engaged in talks on ending the plight of people trapped in Oleshky, Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said in an interview with Espreso.
    — SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The friction over editorial decisions, particularly around Israel, has trapped CBS in its own Middle East media war.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of trapped
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  • Watkins left office after one term mired in controversy, and facing criminal charges for listing his home address as a UPS store when registering to vote.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Now the countries are mired in a tit-for-tat dispute, with both countries escalating tariffs on each other.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of mired

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“Embroiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embroiled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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