engage
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“It would be much harder for us to engage for something as critical as customer care with a company that didn’t have local support,” said Abrahamson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
One artist bemoaned that she had to “flatten and suppress her real self” to engage her audience.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Meta has said it disagrees with the EU's findings but would engage "constructively" on the matter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Even if it means Pete must once again engage with the incarcerated Whisper Man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was a bad time for Charlie Company to engage with the Viet Cong.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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In December, Miley and her rocker boyfriend of more than four years, Maxx Morando, announced they were engaged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Men, gay and straight, have engaged in what anthropologists call “jocular abuse” since ancient times, when Spartan warriors were schooled in using wit to cut their peers to the quick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
For Sambe, the situation reflects an "increasing and openly acknowledged security dependence" of Niger on Russia, which had previously been mainly engaged in the fight against jihadism.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The couple, who met after Damari's release in 2025, have been engaged since January 2026.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
But Simon was deep in concentration, his gleam of genius fully engaged.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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He becomes executive chairman of Apple's board on the same day, with a mandate the company has said includes engaging policymakers around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
“The agency is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on First Amendment rights of the press.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
While that model was undergoing some AI training in May, it was noticed by an internal OpenAI team that there had been "an agent engaging in message board activity and instances of disallowed internet access."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Carl’s Jr. called its Spicy Chicken Maxx a way to tap in to what its audience was already engaging with online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
For an instant, the coyote pulled back, seeming surprised that the small fox was engaging him.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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