engulf
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If a planet ventures too close to its host star, the star's gravity can drag it inward and eventually engulf it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
The new study found that this stimulation weakens the macrophages' ability to engulf neutrophils.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
"Then there was fog, smoke, something that seemed to suddenly engulf us," Muthunathan, 46, told AFP, showing a video she recorded on her phone of a torrent surging towards her.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Set to go live to the public on Thursday, Divine has been built to tackle the issues and debates that engulf internet culture in 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Irish knew the English would engulf them.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Darkness engulfs me right before I step into a dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
Scaffolding engulfs the inside of the giant multi-billion-dollar structure, rising all the way up to the 100-metre-high ceiling.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
By soon, they mean any time before the sun engulfs us all, which will happen sometime in the next five billion years.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025
Deficits have already appeared in some provinces, where local governments that had relied heavily on land sales for revenue are now struggling with debt as a real estate crisis engulfs China's economy.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
‘If the statue engulfs people in fire, we should send Leo.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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Macrophages exposed to titanium particles engulfed fewer than half as many bacteria as immune cells that had not encountered the particles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Theranos was already engulfed in scandal, though Holmes had yet to be criminally charged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Indonesians protested in several cities on Tuesday, raging against wildfires and a toxic haze that has made thousands unwell for weeks on end in a crisis that has engulfed Southeast Asia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
At the time, thick smoke had engulfed Manaus, the capital of Brazil's Amazonas state.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
It was engulfed in the water and slowly crawled into obscurity, a beast either skulking or stalking.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Sir Geoffrey said "the chaos currently engulfing the Civil Service Pension Scheme means that the likelihood of death benefit payments being made within two years is slim".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The conflict between these characters is greater than the morality tale engulfing them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Parents came from all over looking for their children. That's when I saw a huge fire engulfing our school built of wooden planks," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
A parallel panic is also engulfing the Pentagon, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his loyalists are scrambling to contain a massive internal leak.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
And she was saying that the flashes of flame that kept engulfing my face from the inside out would soon be extinguished with a real simple solution.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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