engulfed
Example Sentences
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By 11 a.m., the building was again engulfed in flames.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
The AI reality distortion field has engulfed more than the Mag-7.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
But Americans who think the process abroad will always meet the standards they are accustomed to can find themselves unexpectedly engulfed in a quagmire of complications.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
With Lebanon, again, engulfed by war, I remember a meeting I had with President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace, a modernist building at the top of a hill overlooking Beirut last August.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
But the shack, which had moments ago been engulfed in flames, was suddenly not on fire at all.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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