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embody

[em-bod-ee] / ɛmˈbɒd i /




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Short came to embody the inverse of that picture, the shaded gloom lurking in places that escape sunshiny illumination.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

We spoke with four creatives who are reimagining what it means to not only collect Japanese fashion in L.A., but to truly embody its unique spirit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Maresca's City also embody these principles, evident by their 64% possession in their first game against Inter Milan.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Constitution is a “liberty document,” and he was responding to a view of the Constitution that saw it as written by powerful men to embody a theory of power and mastery.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Galileo’s determination to embody mathematical theory in a corresponding apparatus is fundamental.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Former labor organizer and iron worker Brian Poindexter embodies the emerging blue-collar, practical-minded Democrat type in the upcoming midterms.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

The gender switch makes sense, and Whyland embodies the spirit of artistic cooperation that makes “Begin Again” such an invigorating experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

His work embodies the principle of cross-cultural beneficence—the Ottoman Orient able to portray itself faithfully thanks to Western influence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Flock Safety embodies the dishonesty that has been the prevailing theme of tech corporate communications and marketing for at least the past decade.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

"Each of the Seven embodies all of the Seven," Septon Osmynd had told her once.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Wallace, a New Yorker, was Shakur's big rival and the two rappers embodied the East Coast - West Coast feud that dominated 1990s hip-hop.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Earlier this week, XPeng’s robotics unit raised more than $900 million in what it said was the largest-ever single-round private capital raise in China’s embodied AI industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

But as the Lord of Darkness, the massively built ruler of the underworld in Ridley Scott’s underappreciated fantasy, Curry embodied a paradox.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

His own laboratory has begun exploring this direction by drawing on ideas from embodied cognition and ecological psychology.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

I stopped: I could not trust myself to entertain, much less to express, the thought that rushed upon me—that embodied itself,—that, in a second, stood out a strong, solid probability.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

I like embodying them in front of other people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Haverford gave him an award for embodying the college’s values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

And he put his own political brand - steady, competent and embodying the highest moral standards - front and centre.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

There can be value in embodying machismo on-screen, if it’s done right.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

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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