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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I heard (or thought I heard) someone say “enbrawled” where “embroiled” would be the likelier choice. Since embroilment often features conflict which can lead to actual fisticuffs and worse, brawl seems a suitably eggcornish substitution for broil:
If you needed proof that Cox and LUS are embrawled in a good ol fashioned, fiercely competitive, poke your opponent in the eye rivalry, ...
In May 1606 in Rome Caravaggio got embrawled in a fight over a tennis match and killed a man. 22 The most comprehensive psychoanalytic study to date is …
... wronged the former and blah-blah this and blah-blah that… and then get embrawled in the fight… all wanting to join in the fight to protect the ones …
If Europe who just 50 years ago was embrawled in killing each other in WW2 and earlier the same in WW1 could unite after nearly two millenia …
After which, they become enbrawled in a fight between the tribe and the intruders. Ultimately, the hunters are outnumbered and slaughtered. ...
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