engrossed
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"This is all dog content, when will the cat programme be on?" one person engrossed in the service wrote in the chatroom on PetTV's streaming page.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Mr. Steele is also engrossed by the meltdown at the Heritage Foundation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
People with no connection to the Post Office have told the BBC how they became engrossed watching the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024
“That’s what we want to do — tell stories for people to be engrossed by and if they are engrossed, then job done.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
She’s taciturn, but so am I. Is she waiting for me to start something, reveal myself, or is she a believer, engrossed in inner meditation?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing engrossed
The Great Gatsby
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