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engage

[en-geyj] / ɛnˈgeɪdʒ /






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Sauer sought the Supreme Court’s immediate intervention after lower courts ruled in favor of the preservation group, which was chartered by Congress to engage the public in protecting historic sites.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

One artist bemoaned that she had to “flatten and suppress her real self” to engage her audience.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

But he accepted it would engage "to support our application" to march, adding: "The focus has always been to bring our bannerette home from Drumcree in 1998."

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Meta has said it disagrees with the EU's findings but would engage "constructively" on the matter.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Instead, “Sidney Poitier” said, “You can’t behave as you did in the fifth grade. When you behave like the upperclassmen and upperclasswomen that you are, we’ll engage in grade-six activities. Now, notebooks on desks.”

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

In December, Miley and her rocker boyfriend of more than four years, Maxx Morando, announced they were engaged.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Anyone who hasn’t engaged with the field “in the last 50 years” will think “wagon-wheel chandeliers, very heavy furniture; very, very brown, kind of stuck in the 1950s,” says author Chase Reynolds Ewald.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

For Sambe, the situation reflects an "increasing and openly acknowledged security dependence" of Niger on Russia, which had previously been mainly engaged in the fight against jihadism.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

Readers’ senses are engaged as Muratov pauses in one place or another, such as in the Campagna on the outskirts of Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

And the boys were engaged in fishing a bit of string out of a curbside puddle with a stick.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

He becomes executive chairman of Apple's board on the same day, with a mandate the company has said includes engaging policymakers around the world.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

“The agency is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on First Amendment rights of the press.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Councillor Loic Rich, portfolio holder for environment and climate change on Cornwall Council, said it was great to see residents engaging with recycling food.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

There is a long history of presidents engaging in construction and renovation projects on the White House and its grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Maids in waiting and my mother passed it from hand to hand, admiring it, engaging they would buy it.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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