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embrace

[em-breys] / ɛmˈbreɪs /


NOUN
hug
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He joked he planned to "force" Sam to embrace Welsh culture.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

What is it that you channel to embrace these powerful roles?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Everyone’s enthusiasm feels revelatory: We’re watching kids embrace their sense of play and a gray-haired woman who understood the need to keep that exuberance going like a well-tended flame.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

People working for AI companies are so busy and unfocused on traditional markers of wealth, many have yet to fully embrace the fruits of that labor.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The Duke read the sign, too, and with open arms went to embrace Don Quixote, "the best knight of all times."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Even as the White House embraces AI as an engine of “human flourishing,” the administration continues to wrestle with the potential spiritual consequences of advanced machines that approximate human consciousness and often exceed human capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Dostoevsky follows the narrator over four nights and a morning during which he ceases living in his imagination and embraces reality for the first time.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

These videos depict a fun-loving land that welcomes foreigners and embraces friends at 250 years old despite all the advertised assaults on its social fabric.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Ultimately, they conclude, finding a new constitutional meaning that actually embraces the public’s true understanding of the document requires returning to our old understanding.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

I remember dreaming of Mama, of days of songs and long embraces and love.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

While some actors might want to distance themselves from the role that made them famous, Felton has embraced his connection to Harry Potter.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

While we in the United States have never lived up to our ideals, we’ve always embraced the idea of progress.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Bonino met a leading women's rights advocate, embraced civil disobedience and began accompanying women to a Florentine abortion clinic.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

New York City’s critics and tastemakers, who had steadily pilloried the World Trade Center, not only embraced Windows on the World—they anointed it.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

There’s me split in half—Japanese and white—stitching myself together again because I am whole only when I’ve embraced the true beauty of my heritage.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

While the Old Trafford job appeared to be too much for Moyes to handle, lasting only 10 months before being sacked, Maresca seems to be embracing the "challenge" and "privilege" of succeeding Guardiola.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The New York Times noted that Mackie tried and failed to gain acceptance for his designs "from the frosty corridors of high fashion," but Mackie said he had no regrets for embracing glitz.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Instead, the community became more open to the possibility without embracing it outright.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

The extensively engineered retaining wall and thoughtful landscaping transformed the property into a series of expansive outdoor living spaces designed for entertaining, decompressing, and fully embracing the indoor-outdoor lifestyle.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

The smell of wine was ripe and blended into the more embracing warmth of new-baked bread.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi




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