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When fires broke out, flames could engulf an entire train car, forcing Woods to act quickly to contain the blaze with buckets of water and shovelfuls of sand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

These residents insist they are neutral and refuse to leave, even as the fighting threatens to engulf their towns and villages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

"If you keep working hard, the hard work will find a way to engulf the problem and make it tolerable. That is what I'm doing."

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

Unlike some immune cells, macrophages can directly engulf cancer cells.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

Alyssa bursts out of the trailer, leaping over the flames that are about to engulf it.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

A Democratic lawmaker resigned Tuesday, becoming the third member of the US House of Representatives to step down in just over a week as a wave of ethics scandals engulfs Congress.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

By soon, they mean any time before the sun engulfs us all, which will happen sometime in the next five billion years.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025

A staff member sits in an air-conditioned cab so they are protected from the dust, which engulfs the tunnels when the machine operates.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025

After a flood engulfs the cat’s home, it finds itself in a small sailboat along with the other three animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024

A heavy silence, more fearful than pious, engulfs the convent.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Her energy rises and falls alongside the mysterious mist, which has engulfed the city and brought whispers of a mysterious ancient entity lurking in its haze.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

The commission was created in 1990 after a wave of political corruption scandals engulfed Mayor Tom Bradley’s administration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The sailors anxiously watched as tugboats battled the blaze that had engulfed storage tanks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Later, Basarnas said it got confirmation the ferry "was almost entirely engulfed in flames" as "passengers held on in the ship's bridge and bow while awaiting rescue".

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Gerald panicked a moment as his memories of flames engulfed him.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

Yet with a new AI scandal engulfing publishing seemingly every month, it’s become more difficult to punt questions about its impact into some distant future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

"Wildfire in Suffolk burns near nuclear plant" the Guardian says, printed below a photo of firefighters dousing flames engulfing a cluster of trees.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Now there are fears that as Wagner digs deeper into Bangui, it will add to the chaos already engulfing the wider region, said Dukhan, the researcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

A doji in mid-August signaled stabilization, clearing the way for a powerful advance that carried into early 2025 before a bearish engulfing candle marked a near-term top in January.

From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026

He didn’t mind the water engulfing him now and then, filling and hurting his nostrils.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig