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embrace

[em-breys] / ɛmˈbreɪs /


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

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Everyone’s enthusiasm feels revelatory: We’re watching kids embrace their sense of play and a gray-haired woman who understood the need to keep that exuberance going like a well-tended flame.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

“I’m a small-d democrat, and I think that people will vote with their feet and will embrace this museum as their own.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Young people embrace an ideology that goes against everything they actually believe.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Gingersnipes wrapped Clare in an embrace, which did not take away the pain but did soothe his trembling.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

In literary circles, Boyagoda is often referred to as a Catholic novelist, a description he embraces.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 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

Christina hunches over, unable to support her own grief, and Cara embraces her, and all I’m doing is standing still.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

Michelsen, 22, who was competing in his first Grand Slam quarter-final, was in tears as the pair embraced after a match which lasted four hours and 38 minutes.

From BBC 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

She embraced Wanda, then pulled out her phone, propping it up in front of her, sucking in a deep breath before looking up at the crowd.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

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

Why don’t we see fraternities embracing branded RushTok the same way?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

“Fare thee well, old Mother,” said John, embracing her.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli




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