embody
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We get to see a different side of Paul Baker this season with his other friend group, who embody this exaggerated, bro-y masculinity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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
How much interest will we then take in the mental worlds of others—an interest that, Ms. Watson says, we embody by asking questions?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But cosplayers can also embody everything from fast food brands, internet browsers and memes to intangible ideas like gravity or hunger, while also experimenting with gender.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
‘Common sense’, if we mean the practices which we think embody it, did not exist before the publication of Galileo’s Discourse on Floating Bodies in 1612.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Mocked by some as the “Darth Vader” façade for its bizarrely helmeted Roman soldiers, the Passion façade embodies the New Testament story of betrayal, suffering and transcendence in angular, expressionistic figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
“This extraordinary residence represents the culmination of that passion: a Napa-inspired estate that embodies everything she loved most about residential design,” the listing goes on.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
True concluded triumphantly, “God or man, he embodies all the radiant energy of the adolescence of western art.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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
His own laboratory has begun exploring this direction by drawing on ideas from embodied cognition and ecological psychology.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Trauma is embodied and sometimes finding words to explain what we have been subjected to, and what we carry, is difficult," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It included specific expressive choices already embodied in Salkin’s materials.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
And still more: that this new German religion was embodied and made incarnate in the person of its leader.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Jenny Lê, the flagship’s head of operations, has become the nucleus of the store, embodying the essence of discipline, intention and collaboration that has been there from the very beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Off the field, he carried himself with humility and integrity, embodying the very best values of our game."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
There can be value in embodying machismo on-screen, if it’s done right.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
“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 goes on.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
It became a kind of secret code embodying their ambitions.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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