imbed
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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
A still better way of preserving eggs in a fresh state is to dip them in a solution of gum-arabic in water, and then imbed them in powdered charcoal.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
“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
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A curious custom of the Middle Ages was that of imbedding three hairs from the king's beard in the wax of the seal, in order to give greater solemnity to the document.
From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by William Andrews
By hypothesis this rigid, incompressible body pervades all space, imbedding every particle of tangible matter; yet it seems not to retard the movements of this matter in the slightest degree.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Henry Smith Williams
To prevent the edge of the key from imbedding in the brass, a piece of hardened steel is sometimes placed between the key and the brass, as shown in the figure.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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
"I love to be more than half mother!" cried Francie, casting herself violently about my neck and imbedding me in the haycock.
From Penelope's Postscripts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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