embody
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Situational’s swings in fortune, and the scale of the wagers that drove them, embody the audacious bets Silicon Valley is making on future-shaping technology in the global AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Few nations embody that evolution more than Morocco.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
"It's almost like he is trying to reach for this glorified manhood that he cannot embody anymore," said Sabrina Karim, a political science professor at Cornell University.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Instead, Mahan’s candidacy was more like Pets.com, a famous e-commerce flop that came to embody the heedless froth of the dot.com bubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Thus the human-made tunnels into the temple were part of what made it embody the power of a mountain.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
“This extraordinary residence represents the culmination of that passion: a Napa-inspired estate that embodies everything she loved most about residential design,” the listing goes on.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Deeply influenced by his Cuban grandfather, Rubio says he embodies the American dream.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
DFB president Bernd Neuendorf said Klopp "embodies passion, credibility, and the ability to inspire people".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
In a nicely balanced performance, Alejandra Villanueva’s Mistress Quickly, the play’s go-between and overseer of mischief, embodies the free and easy spirit of Simon’s production.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
True concluded triumphantly, “God or man, he embodies all the radiant energy of the adolescence of western art.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Finally, we offer this series as a provocation: So many of you have spent the past year attending No Kings protests, at which you embodied, physically, what it means to reject monarchical power.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
The live-wire wit and idiosyncratic verve that she embodied in “Reds” and “Something’s Gotta Give” are very much on display here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
New York the past few weeks felt embodied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
"He embodied everything we like to see in a manager, humility, professionalism and a deep care for his players and staff," added Bevan.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
As much as any other profession, aeronautical engineering embodied the restlessness and technological progress that characterized what was already being dubbed the American Century.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
“This union of artistry and vision transformed the property into a singular masterpiece, embodying the glamour and creative force of Hollywood’s Golden Age,” the description goes on.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
He has spent the last decade effectively embodying Marlon Brando’s famous quote in “On the Waterfront”: He coulda been a contender.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Webb did so by embodying professional excellence, constructing his cases with analytical rigor, painstaking research, and courage.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
The hive mind is one of genre fiction’s most reliably unsettling tropes, embodying our native fear of being overwhelmed by a force organized around a singular purpose.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025
It became a kind of secret code embodying their ambitions.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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