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immerse

[ih-murs] / ɪˈmɜrs /




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Rather than spend a week in a nice hotel in Europe, they book an Airbnb in a more remote area to immerse themselves in a country and culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The entertainment company combines movie screenings with live theatre performances and themed environments, allowing audiences to immerse themselves in their favourite stories.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Miyazaki’s tales also tend to immerse us in supernatural domains existing parallel to our own, as if reality masks more ethereal, life-affirming realms.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

As thrilling as it was to immerse myself in American sports, English football was my foundational text.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

That to immerse myself in their groupings is to emerge the most normal, as well.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

"Rob is that kind of actor where he immerses himself so deeply you sort of don't know where he ends and the character begins," Evans said.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Frank Dikötter is an iconoclast historian who immerses himself in the primary sources more thoroughly than any other Western scholar of 20th-century China.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

Mr. Frankel is most convincing when he avoids bold statements, however, and instead immerses himself in the skulduggery of Kansas City politics or the treacherous demimonde of Hollywood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Like its predecessor, “Zootopia 2” impresses visually, especially given the breadth of characters and environments it immerses the audience in.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

Instead, she immerses herself in getting August’s costume ready, since we all know Halloween is his favorite time of year.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

There was a trip to Chicago’s Field Museum, where she immersed herself in the institution’s extensive collection of African art, followed by a trip to Haiti in the early 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Nosek, 51, studied computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he became immersed in technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Many great filmmakers are immersed in the same ideas, returning to them in one way or another with each film.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

During hydration breaks and at half-time, a large towel that has been immersed in ice-cold water is more effective.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

She didn’t seem nearly as immersed in literature as he was, and we wondered if he might be happier with someone who shared his love of books.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The project, led by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and OceanWell Co., involves immersing pods the size of school buses into the ocean, more than 1,200 feet down.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

"We can levitate objects against gravity by immersing them in a sound field called a standing wave."

From Science Daily Mar. 22, 2026

Williams said he was able to crack Newton’s killing by completely immersing himself in Newton’s life, and that Newton really came alive for him through that process.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2026

They escorted moviegoers to other worlds, immersing them in the high-flying, dangerous adventures of Indiana Jones or Ellen Ripley.

From Salon Jan. 6, 2026

By imitating del Verrocchio, by immersing himself in the busy life of the workshop, Leonardo learns how to paint—and then reinvents how to paint.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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