Example Sentences

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The scandal has embroiled the cheerleading world as the competitive season gets underway.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Mississippi’s widening welfare scandal involves tens of millions of dollars and has embroiled the state’s former governor, Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre and professional wrestlers, among others.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

Raheem Morris is one of the chosen ones, which made him a reluctant spokesperson for the controversy that has embroiled the NFL as it approaches its signature event.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2022

Senate Foreign Relations Committee have urged President Joe Biden to “ensure full accountability” over a World Bank data-rigging controversy that has embroiled International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2021

“It has embroiled me in no end of trouble, because I couldn’t convince men I was in earnest until I made good in some hard way,” he complained once to Whispering Smith.

From Whispering Smith by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)