absorbed

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In an 1803 etching and aquatint with watercolor by Thomas Daniell, we see Gangaram absorbed in sketching wall reliefs of Shiva and Parvati from a rock-cut cave at Ellora.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Markets have absorbed an astonishing amount of headline risk since the war with Iran began in February, and staged one of the strongest equity recoveries on record.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

But it's clear the consequences of this strike could have been far worse: the drone hit the lift shaft on the roof, which absorbed much of the blast.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Her team’s paper traced some pro-government bias in large language model outputs to state media absorbed during training.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Taran grew so absorbed in not making noise that he soon lagged far behind Gwydion.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander