engage
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The contract directs Capitol Hill-headquartered Ervin Graves Strategy Group to engage with the US Congress and government, and facilitate meetings including with Pentagon and National Security Council officials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
But the plans didn’t engage customers looking for lower-cost, single-line options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A quorum is the minimum number of members who must be present for the commission to engage in rulemaking, issue final decisions in adjudications, initiate enforcement actions, and otherwise conduct business.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Regardless of age, the most financially independent people engage in worst-case thinking.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Mom and Dad are trying to engage with you. You don’t have to be such a jerk.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
And the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not engaged with the protesters yet.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
He was a man fully engaged in life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Nailah Williams, a 25-year-old content creator in Atlanta, was so engaged that she said she had a physical reaction to one scene while reading her Robert Fagles translation during a July 4 cookout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“We’re currently testing 3.5 Pro, an upgraded Flash model, and other models with partners, and we’re productively engaged with the U.S. government.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Therefore I propose that someone with a keen sense of the theatrical, a talent for mimicry and improvising dialogue—a playwright, perhaps?—be engaged as an understudy to the ghost, as it were.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
There’s no point in engaging with a debt-management company in order to get rid of this $35,000 if you don’t do some serious soul-searching about how you got into this hole in the first place.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
McElwee has often pondered the downside of essentially treating himself like a human camera, observing the world rather than fully engaging in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
He was an engaging, funny and self-deprecating raconteur, ready with the quotable quip and the off-the-record gossip, which always assured him of an audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain, while the United Arab Emirates defence ministry said air defences were engaging missile and drone threats.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Guitar leaned his head over to the side and smiled at Milkman, an engaging boyish smile.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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