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imbed

[im-bed] / ɪmˈbɛd /






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Then — and I’m not sure how you’ll do this — you must imbed belief, building upon the jilted relationships and smoldering ashes and shards of broken glass DeBoer left behind.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2024

While Trudeau may be the immediate benefactor, it also gives the Conservatives more time to imbed a new leader after their convention in September.

From Reuters Mar. 25, 2022

He says circle hooks, which are bent farther toward the hook’s shaft, are likelier to imbed in the mouth and easier to remove before releasing the fish.

From Washington Times Jul. 26, 2016

As interactions with machines increase in our daily life, we will need to learn to imbed them with values that are aligned with ours.

From Slate Apr. 28, 2016

Floating trees from the upper courses, arrested by this obstruction, would imbed themselves in the mass, until, by continual accretions, it should become what it now is, an impassable and almost irremovable barrier to navigation.

From Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by B. M. Norman

“Expect an imbedded risk premium until there is more concrete news about the two sides meeting.”

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

Heaters can be imbedded in a patio wall or freestanding.

From Seattle Times Mar. 22, 2022

“We have personnel imbedded to help and monitor.”

From The Verge Mar. 3, 2022

The experiment, which started in June, imbedded a “triage pod,” of paramedics, public health clinicians and dispatchers to review the best response to non-emergency 911 calls.

From Washington Times Jul. 29, 2021

His small eyes were imbedded in pale flesh, eyes that seldom smiled despite the giggle and the grin that sometimes flashed across his face, especially when he knew he was reaching people.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Q. 830 Quadrumana, fossil, 144.Quadrupeds, domestic, multiply in America, 584, 685.——, regions of indigenous, 630, 636.——, imbedding of terrestrial, 749.Quaggas, migrations of, 638.Quebec, climate of, 95.——, earthquakes in, 470.Queenstown,

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

Stealthily sending their roots down and imbedding them in the roots of their victims, they draw from them the nourishment needed for their sustenance.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

Chris, crouching behind the Jewel Tree, was rocked and nearly unseated from the eagle when an arrow hit the earth around the Tree roots, imbedding itself deeply and quivering there at an angle.

From Mr. Wicker's Window by Lynd Ward

You must, for example, guard against imbedding the fish hook in the flesh, which is most painful, often leading to blood-poisoning.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

Above the sole of the kiln, are three series of air holes, made by imbedding old gun barrels in the walls.

From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel W. (Samuel William) Johnson




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