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embrace

[em-breys] / ɛmˈbreɪs /


NOUN
hug
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Florida’s embrace of the defense industry is part of a growing shift in the state’s economic identity, notably after Miami pulled back from previous efforts to position itself as the world’s crypto capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Whether the Lucas Museum upends the art world may depend less on whether other museums adopt its philosophy than on whether audiences embrace the connections it attempts to draw.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Young people embrace an ideology that goes against everything they actually believe.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

It was the kind of unabashedly earnest moment that could easily have tipped into awkwardness, but many in the room seemed to embrace it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

We walked faster the closer we got to home, where the live oak trees spread their branches wide, giving cooling relief from the sun’s embrace.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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

Even Jon Bernthal’s Punisher, an occasional ally to Spider-Man, embraces the woe.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Eighth Regiment soldier Edward Pryor embraces his daughter, 1917.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

The Premier League does more; my friends who love Arsenal will not stop telling me about the Gay Gooners, the oldest queer supporters’ group in the sport, embraced by the club itself.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

She said reading together had enabled the school to "break down that fear of reading" and that pupils had "absolutely embraced it".

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

But “Star Trek” did not shy away from political themes — it embraced them — and also featured a notably diverse cast.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Finally, I felt Jay’s skinny arms around me, and Mama embraced us both.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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

But when I think about that moment now, it seems clear that she was embracing another familiar position:

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

His remark was hyperbolic, but he’s right that areas embracing data centers are enjoying more jobs and faster wage growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Slannen gave us a new pottery piece by Agulen, an elf child embracing a tree. zhatapH and zhulpH were there, zhulpH still a toddler, since gnomes grow more slowly than humans.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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