engage
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They did not engage with the media, and said little to members of the public whose journeys and weekends they were disrupting.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
If there were any time to turn our noses up in defiance and refuse to engage with anything less than quality, it’s now.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
It also calls on Tehran "to engage seriously and without preconditions in talks aimed at building international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme".
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Weiss said management had tried to engage with Pelley “to find a way back,” but couldn’t do so and had to part ways with him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Regina tried giving her son the approval that every child needs, and the wings to find himself, by encouraging him to engage in sports, take part in family excursions, and do better in school.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Lee, 69, has been actively engaged in Hong Kong's labour movement since the 1970s, as well as on human rights issues in China.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
They have a 27-man squad, supported by a strong academy pipeline, and these matches are vital for keeping a large group of players engaged throughout the campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Two engaged couples posed for wedding photos in between joggers, dog walkers and sightseers who clamored around Osprey Street to enjoy the day’s majestic sunset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
U.S. forces remained engaged in a low-level fight against Islamic terrorists there that persisted for two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Penelope puzzled over these mysteries daily, and had even paid a surreptitious visit or two to the attic while the children were otherwise engaged.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Arya said Marvell sees its “XPU attach” business as “much stickier” than its XPU business, meaning customers are returning to and engaging with those offerings more.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bollinger in 2003, upheld colleges and universities engaging in affirmative action, with Justice O’Connor writing an opinion.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
In a letter sent to Farmers on Wednesday, the county’s lawyers said if the company is engaging in any unlawful or unfair business practices, it must immediately stop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
DSA organizers are acting like experiential marketers and engaging curious young people with events that are, well, social—like “Coffee With Comrades” in the garden of a Brooklyn coffee shop and “socialist softball” in Queens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
There was, too, a curiously deliberate edge to the way he went on to inquire again: 'So you found them an engaging bunch, eh?' indeed, Doctor.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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