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embrace

[em-breys] / ɛmˈbreɪs /


NOUN
hug
Synonyms


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He joked he planned to "force" Sam to embrace Welsh culture.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Utopia exists between the care and the kisses and the how you doin’s, it becomes flesh and bone in the embrace of full body hugs and smiles so wide they could devour the sun.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

People working for AI companies are so busy and unfocused on traditional markers of wealth, many have yet to fully embrace the fruits of that labor.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Whether the Lucas Museum upends the art world may depend less on whether other museums adopt its philosophy than on whether audiences embrace the connections it attempts to draw.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Pita was sobbing even now into Juanita’s embrace.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Dostoevsky follows the narrator over four nights and a morning during which he ceases living in his imagination and embraces reality for the first time.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

These videos depict a fun-loving land that welcomes foreigners and embraces friends at 250 years old despite all the advertised assaults on its social fabric.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Ultimately, they conclude, finding a new constitutional meaning that actually embraces the public’s true understanding of the document requires returning to our old understanding.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

It recedes into the past for comfort and illumination, then embraces the present, where Laferte is hailed as a trendsetter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Besides, they were meant to go with embraces and kisses and a stroke of Prim’s hair, a caress of Gale’s face, a squeeze of Madge’s hand.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

No industrialist embraced the soybean more enthusiastically than Henry Ford.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Bonino met a leading women's rights advocate, embraced civil disobedience and began accompanying women to a Florentine abortion clinic.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

“I was an indie filmmaker that was compelled to tell that story. And then audiences embraced that story and that story took off in a way that was unexpected and surprising even for me.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

New York City’s critics and tastemakers, who had steadily pilloried the World Trade Center, not only embraced Windows on the World—they anointed it.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

While Leah embraced Modern Spiritualism as her newfound faith, Maggie and Kate never seemed to believe as deeply in the new religion they’d helped found.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The New York Times noted that Mackie tried and failed to gain acceptance for his designs "from the frosty corridors of high fashion," but Mackie said he had no regrets for embracing glitz.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Instead, the community became more open to the possibility without embracing it outright.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

Working with Salesforce may help it keep customers from embracing a bigger threat—cheaper, open-weight models that are gaining traction in businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The extensively engineered retaining wall and thoughtful landscaping transformed the property into a series of expansive outdoor living spaces designed for entertaining, decompressing, and fully embracing the indoor-outdoor lifestyle.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

She rose from her stool and lifted me to my feet, embracing me with a surprising strength.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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