engage
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He appealed to the government to engage with the protesters.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The contract directs Capitol Hill-headquartered Ervin Graves Strategy Group to engage with the US Congress and government, and facilitate meetings including with Pentagon and National Security Council officials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
But the plans didn’t engage customers looking for lower-cost, single-line options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A quorum is the minimum number of members who must be present for the commission to engage in rulemaking, issue final decisions in adjudications, initiate enforcement actions, and otherwise conduct business.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Until then, you will be placed at isolation desks in all your sessions, and you're not to engage with Clare Lumen under any circumstances. You're to keep this confidential for your own sake.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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“I am grateful to the many residents, neighborhood organizations, and community leaders who remained engaged throughout this process,” McOsker wrote in the Facebook post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
When Sarah Reeve got engaged she gave fiance Lee an ultimatum: he had to pay off his debt before she would marry him.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“We’re currently testing 3.5 Pro, an upgraded Flash model, and other models with partners, and we’re productively engaged with the U.S. government.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
He held lengthy TED Talk-style briefings, dressed casually and engaged with journalists, trying to inject energy into Ukraine's war machine, four years into the Russian invasion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The São José was engaged in the evilest of all enterprises: slave trading.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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There’s no point in engaging with a debt-management company in order to get rid of this $35,000 if you don’t do some serious soul-searching about how you got into this hole in the first place.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
McElwee has often pondered the downside of essentially treating himself like a human camera, observing the world rather than fully engaging in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
The characters’ interplay with the audience becomes a prominent feature of the show, with the actors often calling out for a response or engaging in frisky, friendly exchanges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain, while the United Arab Emirates defence ministry said air defences were engaging missile and drone threats.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Another arranged the tusks so that they curved backwards on the engaging theory that the creature had been aquatic and had used them to anchor itself to trees while dozing.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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