embody
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"Few objects in the history of sport embody greatness as completely as Michael Jordan's game three jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals," Joopiter said in the auction posting.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
For a franchise that came to embody old Hollywood glamour, Tanter’s voice became the ideal soundtrack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Short came to embody the inverse of that picture, the shaded gloom lurking in places that escape sunshiny illumination.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Constitution is a “liberty document,” and he was responding to a view of the Constitution that saw it as written by powerful men to embody a theory of power and mastery.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Manman says that in order for the Iwas to help us, we sometimes have to embody them, let them mount us so they take over our thoughts.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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Former labor organizer and iron worker Brian Poindexter embodies the emerging blue-collar, practical-minded Democrat type in the upcoming midterms.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Yet she argues that Kander’s work embodies not the melting pot but “culinary pluralism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Flock Safety embodies the dishonesty that has been the prevailing theme of tech corporate communications and marketing for at least the past decade.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Pacoima Middle School embodies district challenges, but also its hard-won successes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
A mammoth corporation like this—it embodies too much experience.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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For the months and years that followed, she embodied a mother's love and determination to find the truth: to never give up.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
This was embodied in the company’s longtime slogan: You can do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Few films embodied that idea more completely than the latest from the great Mike Leigh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But as the Lord of Darkness, the massively built ruler of the underworld in Ridley Scott’s underappreciated fantasy, Curry embodied a paradox.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Washington realized it meant sustaining the national purpose as embodied in the Continental Army.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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“This union of artistry and vision transformed the property into a singular masterpiece, embodying the glamour and creative force of Hollywood’s Golden Age,” the description added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Pattinson throws his whole being into embodying the ringmaster rapidly losing control of his circus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Exercises often pushed students into strange scenarios or premises: embodying an object, exploring a feeling or inhabiting a logic to find more instinctive, present performances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Off the field, he carried himself with humility and integrity, embodying the very best values of our game."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Curiously, though, environmentalists also describe Native American history as embodying precisely the opposite lesson: how to live in a spiritual balance with Nature.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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