engage
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Its neglected husk is a missed opportunity: Why echo Gehry from across the street when you could engage the work already there?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
He will also engage in various cultural events and meet young leaders, as well as attending independence celebrations in Antigua and Barbuda.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
In New Hampshire’s Senate race, Republican nominee John Sununu has said it “doesn’t make any sense to engage in a trade war with Canada.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
He said civil service unions "stand ready" to engage in negations "as soon as possible".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
I was trying not to engage with him anymore, because I didn’t want to give him the wrong idea.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Weil, Gotshal & Manges has engaged a top bankruptcy lawyer to advise on options should the besieged law firm’s prospects deteriorate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
I suspect most Americans would agree that anyone else who enabled Epstein or engaged in crimes with him should be named, shamed, and potentially prosecuted—no matter what side of the political aisle they sit on.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
Robert McCartney, an engaged father-of-two, took no part in the violence, according to the few available accounts of what happened that night in January 2005.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Neither country has engaged in major attacks on land-based targets since early September, but that may soon change.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Satyrs were more helpful, more engaged with demigod affairs.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
It is frequently criticised by migrant rights groups who accuse it of engaging in the illegal "pushback" of migrants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
I’m not sure it’s worth the time out of your life to keep engaging with this man-child.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
She’s engaging in a piece of phantasmagoric performance art with two raging megalomaniacs, suspecting humanity buried beneath their easygoing subterfuge.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
For students in AI-relevant majors, one or two dedicated courses should be sufficient before engaging further with the technology during graduate study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
He “was eminently engaging and social and he had a keen sense of humor,” his partners wrote.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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