engage
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A “movement break” for students to engage in social and physical activities daily.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
In the Comfort ride mode, drivers have the option to engage active longitudinal and/or lateral damping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Today’s proposed regulations put institutions on notice and schools that continue to engage in racial discrimination should expect to lose that status,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
One artist bemoaned that she had to “flatten and suppress her real self” to engage her audience.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Are merely the haystack. Designed to engage all our attention and make the needle within impossible to see.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
When Dimoldenberg said she wouldn't know how it felt to be engaged, the Hunger Games star looked the host in the eye, and began:
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The sale of that property came four years after she met Ritter on the set of the film “The Big Ask” and the same year that the couple got engaged.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Director Matson has, in the opinion of this complainant, engaged in and continues to engage in prohibited conflict of interest/self-dealing activities,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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
Satyrs were more helpful, more engaged with demigod affairs.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Misr has said it is engaging with the Treasury and respects “relevant regulatory and legal frameworks.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The platform pointed to advice on its website, external about how to spot recruitment scams by, for example, verifying that the company and job was real and doing thorough research before engaging in talks.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The researchers also suggest that engaging in creative work could help strengthen neural networks involved in controlling attention, potentially reshaping patterns associated with impulsivity and hyperactivity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
Something wilder, more engaging and infinitely more satisfying to individual participants is arising alongside the old order.”
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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