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embrace

[em-breys] / ɛmˈbreɪs /


NOUN
hug
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“There’s this idea that if you don’t endorse or embrace my identity, you are no longer an ally,” Coleman says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Bush is also seen on camera telling “Days of Our Lives” soap opera actress Arianne Zucker to embrace Trump just after the exchange.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Students at Aardman's Academy are also being taught to embrace imperfection in the painstaking art of stop-motion, where every blink, smile and movement is created by hand.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

As you age, you may face limitations on your ability to exert agency, socialize often and embrace a cause.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Molly glanced up once, to make sure Clara’s head wasn’t poking out from one of the windows, before running to embrace her.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

"Imagine a grandfather who silently embraces you every day, listens to you, and has always been strong and full of life," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

California has long been known as a progressive state that embraces evolving lifestyles, but when it comes to auto insurance, it seems stuck in the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Eighth Regiment soldier Edward Pryor embraces his daughter, 1917.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Others have embraced it: Hailey Bieber wore the label with pride when she sported a white crop top emblazoned with “nepo baby” in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

At Pruett’s Bagdad Cafe, she embraced the movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The frontier labs have embraced working together to set standards.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Saint-Maximin embraced that responsibility after quickly striking up a bond with Newcastle supporters following his move from Nice.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The teenagers eagerly embraced the struggle that their parents and teachers had been avoiding.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

But the visit showed a surprising alignment of visions between the U.S. and Chinese presidents, embracing fierce competition that avoids miscalculation and conflict.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

AI’s ascent has been a puzzle for students, college professors and administrators who are trying to figure out if they should be embracing the technology or avoiding it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

“I’m embracing this technological wave instead of going against it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

At his first squad announcement since the World Cup on Friday, the German spoke of "embracing the chaos".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

As a gay activist once put it, “Only by fully embracing the stigma itself can one neutralize the sting and make it laughable.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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