engulf

Temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and other cities this week when a dangerous heat wave and high humidity engulf the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

This finding suggests that the earliest blood cells may have resembled macrophages, which are immune cells that engulf harmful microbes and cellular debris.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

Later, explaining to his mom why he doesn’t have any friends his own age, Valdi purses his lips in a mimicry of the older men who would engulf him — a touchingly sad little detail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

"If you keep working hard, the hard work will find a way to engulf the problem and make it tolerable. That is what I'm doing."

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

The king was clad in a gilded breastplate with a roaring lion engraved upon its chest, as if he expected the war to engulf them at any moment.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

"Schools, rail and hospitals suffer as heat engulfs UK," writes the Guardian, warning "temperatures close to 40C expected".

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Scaffolding engulfs the inside of the giant multi-billion-dollar structure, rising all the way up to the 100-metre-high ceiling.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

On the other end of the arm-injury epidemic is the player lying on his back, humming along to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” as an air-cast-like device engulfs his arm, pressurizing the forearm and elbow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025

By soon, they mean any time before the sun engulfs us all, which will happen sometime in the next five billion years.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025

So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Another major fire, which engulfed vineyards and olive groves on the Peljesac peninsula further south, was also brought under control on Friday evening, following a fierce battle involving 240 firefighters and three planes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Tucakovic said the firestorm burned through "everything in their path" as officials confirmed flames, fanned by strong winds, engulfed 1,000 hectares in just four hours.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Firefighters responded to a call shortly before 3 a.m. and found the home engulfed in flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Authorities have evacuated tens of thousands of people, including from affluent tourist sites engulfed in the flames.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

We are tiny figures, pointing at wonders, provided for scale, no lives of our own, surveying the landscape that has engulfed us all.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Croteau, 38, could see water engulfing the windows as attendants rushed to assist travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Wildfire in Suffolk burns near nuclear plant" the Guardian says, printed below a photo of firefighters dousing flames engulfing a cluster of trees.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Now there are fears that as Wagner digs deeper into Bangui, it will add to the chaos already engulfing the wider region, said Dukhan, the researcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

In his hands, that old chop-socky cliché where a circle of ninjas challenges the hero one at a time becomes a sphere of ninjas simultaneously engulfing the hero from above and below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Bod could not imagine hugging Silas, so he held out his hand and Silas bent over and gently shook it, engulfing Bod’s small, grubby hand with his huge, pale one.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman