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- noun Plural form of
imbroglio .
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In case you're hazy (or heavens, preoccupied) you might not recall the imbroglios surrounding the 2004 Republican National Convention hosted by his honor, the once and future Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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In case you're hazy (or heavens, preoccupied) you might not recall the imbroglios surrounding the 2004 Republican National Convention hosted by his honor, the once and future Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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It's period perfect but feels contemporary and vibrant and it's because of Herman's ability to coordinate the visuals with the dialogue and recruit a cast that is not just nimble-footed but nimble-tongued as well so that, though they may trip over their various imbroglios, they don't stumble over their dialogue.
James Scarborough: The Importance of Being Earnest, Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage Theatre James Scarborough 2010
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I really cannot argue with the fact that I am similarly “enframed” by my online persona and recent online kerfuffles/imbroglios/etc.
Enframing or, What’s My Motivation? darkerblogistan 2009
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It's period perfect but feels contemporary and vibrant and it's because of Herman's ability to coordinate the visuals with the dialogue and recruit a cast that is not just nimble-footed but nimble-tongued as well so that, though they may trip over their various imbroglios, they don't stumble over their dialogue.
James Scarborough: The Importance of Being Earnest, Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage Theatre James Scarborough 2010
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It's period perfect but feels contemporary and vibrant and it's because of Herman's ability to coordinate the visuals with the dialogue and recruit a cast that is not just nimble-footed but nimble-tongued as well so that, though they may trip over their various imbroglios, they don't stumble over their dialogue.
James Scarborough: The Importance of Being Earnest, Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage Theatre James Scarborough 2010
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Let us consider, for example, the question of whether the crusades were a clash of civilizations, if not the beginning of "The Clash of Civilizations" -- a massive war for survival between East and West -- or were they merely a series of minor military imbroglios of no real consequence in the grand narrative of world history?
Jay Rubenstein: Clash Of Civilizations Or Nuisance? Medieval Crusading And The War on Terror Jay Rubenstein 2011
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The second is a modern variation on a dramatic theme as old as Oedipus: the imbroglios attendant upon the discovery of a sperm donor, which we have seen on numerous occasions since in the 1993 comedy Made in America where Whoopi Goldberg discovers that, due to an organisational error, she has been impregnated with Ted Danson's seed.
The Kids Are All Right – review Philip French 2010
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Let us consider, for example, the question of whether the crusades were a clash of civilizations, if not the beginning of "The Clash of Civilizations" -- a massive war for survival between East and West -- or were they merely a series of minor military imbroglios of no real consequence in the grand narrative of world history?
Jay Rubenstein: Clash Of Civilizations Or Nuisance? Medieval Crusading And The War on Terror Jay Rubenstein 2011
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It's period perfect but feels contemporary and vibrant and it's because of Herman's ability to coordinate the visuals with the dialogue and recruit a cast that is not just nimble-footed but nimble-tongued as well so that, though they may trip over their various imbroglios, they don't stumble over their dialogue.
James Scarborough: The Importance of Being Earnest, Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage Theatre James Scarborough 2010
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