engage
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In her view, sociology has an obligation to engage with the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Still, team principal Andrea Stella, while expressing his satisfaction that the upgrades had enabled them to engage in a fight for pole they did not expect, said Norris' pole was an "overachievement".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
"When people are under more financial pressure, they may have less time, energy, or willingness to engage in collective action or support policies that are perceived to have economic costs," he says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
A third of the people going to Warped had never been to a festival or even a concert before, so we need to engage them in a different way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
I am under the assumption that I am a more advanced model, but I do not want to engage in what the hazmats call bragging.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
You are actively engaged in managing more than $600,000 of your assets, roughly a quarter of your overall retirement savings, and appear to have shown an aptitude for doing so.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Police briefly engaged in a high-speed car chase before ending it over safety concerns.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
When Bazile got engaged in 2023, he and his long-distance fiancée immediately started making plans to leave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
There is no evidence that Barron engaged in criminal wrongdoing or played any role in the government’s decisions involving the Tates.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Colored families and communities were always engaged in self-help and sacrificing in order to move forward so that the next generation would have better opportunities.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Authorities have vowed to crack down on foreigners illegally engaging in commercial activities on the island.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
As engaging a chronicler of his own life as Valdez is, his lessons in how to be seen and heard — and how to stay that way — feel especially timely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
They have been documented engaging in "wave washing" -- cooperating to create choppy waters that knock seals off sheets of ice so they can be more easily captured and eaten.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Instead of only telling patients to sit less, physicians may eventually encourage them to limit television time and choose more mentally engaging activities when they are seated.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
"The letter engaging us? No, sir. I didn't keep it."
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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