engage in
Example Sentences
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Asked about Burnham's ambitions, Lord Hermer refused to engage in what he termed speculation.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The firm has said it “categorically does not engage in, nor has it ever condoned, the exchange of money for client retention.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
That case, Gorsuch reasoned, was on point here: It foreclosed Flowers’ rule that workers needed to cross state lines or interact with vehicles traveling across borders to engage in interstate commerce.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
They don’t spitball—they engage in ruthless strategizing worthy of the Pentagon war room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Plainly skeptical but unwilling to engage in a colloquy with a wheedling Teller, Fermi pleaded that he was too tired from the flight to give him a hearing, much less a commitment.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
