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engulf

[en-guhlf] / ɛnˈgʌlf /


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The arrest is one of the biggest scandals to engulf the BND spy agency since its creation in the mid-1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Experiments in cell cultures also showed that aging reduced the ability of tissue resident macrophages to engulf and digest worn-out neutrophils, while the EP2 blocking drug significantly restored that ability.

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

"The flames do not actually have to touch the property itself... the heat that it creates will actually automatically engulf anything that's in its path."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Fear seemed to stretch out a vast hand, like a dark cloud rising in the East and looming up to engulf him.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

On the other end of the arm-injury epidemic is the player lying on his back, humming along to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” as an air-cast-like device engulfs his arm, pressurizing the forearm and elbow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025

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

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The epithelial cells engulfed those droplets as well.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Clippers’ offseason was engulfed by the NBA’s salary-cap circumvention investigation into the team’s endorsement deals with Kawhi Leonard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

He also points to the large lithium-ion battery units installed alongside many solar farms, drawing a comparison to fires that have occasionally engulfed similar batteries in electric bikes.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

O Pomp—chief usher of horrors—you who sought out death in tales, you who relished death most—now you are engulfed by your own terrors—and I, who am helpless, pray for thee.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The conflict between these characters is greater than the morality tale engulfing them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Whatever the reality, the storm currently engulfing the AI industry could already have caused reputational damage to the firms currently in pole position forever.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

"Parents came from all over looking for their children. That's when I saw a huge fire engulfing our school built of wooden planks," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 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

And she was saying that the flashes of flame that kept engulfing my face from the inside out would soon be extinguished with a real simple solution.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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