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[en-guhlf] / ɛnˈgʌlf /


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The new study found that this stimulation weakens the macrophages' ability to engulf neutrophils.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

"Then there was fog, smoke, something that seemed to suddenly engulf us," Muthunathan, 46, told AFP on Friday, showing a phone video she recorded of a torrent surging towards her.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Set to go live to the public on Thursday, Divine has been built to tackle the issues and debates that engulf internet culture in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Leverkus also organised a structural protection training course for locals to learn how to shield buildings from embers that can quickly spur fires that engulf entire towns.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

"McCarthyism" became a catchphrase for the hunt for communist subversives, a frenzy that would engulf the United States for the rest of the 1950s.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Cinematographer David Bolen engulfs us in all the ick of the original show with neither commercial breaks nor catharsis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

Deficits have already appeared in some provinces, where local governments that had relied heavily on land sales for revenue are now struggling with debt as a real estate crisis engulfs China's economy.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025

A blinding flash of light engulfs Asher for an instant.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

The outcry engulfed the Australian team and the entire nation.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Uttam and Sandy Shiralkar are still coming to terms with the loss of their family home in Stourbridge after it was engulfed by a wildfire in August.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“In five minutes, it felt like the whole house was engulfed in flames,” Jackson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

PHILADELPHIA—Ed Sheeran wasted no time in addressing the controversy that has engulfed his tour when he took the stage at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Bystanders watched as the mansion was engulfed in flames, lighting up the night sky.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

But this July, an avalanche swept through Pakistan's Broad Peak while the two were on their way up, engulfing everything in its path.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

A parallel panic is also engulfing the Pentagon, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his loyalists are scrambling to contain a massive internal leak.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Glowing magenta, she twirled above what looked to be a rising river, a physical representation of the swirling, engulfing thoughts that anxiety can provoke as she performed the song by the same name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

The entire room buzzes, the ghostly whispers of thousands of storytellers in the bookcases engulfing me.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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