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embark

[em-bahrk] / ɛmˈbɑrk /


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In 2027, Ibeyi will embark on a North American tour, which kicks off Jan. 27 at the Fillmore in San Francisco and includes a stop at Pacific Electric in Los Angeles on Jan. 29.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Buoyed by the success, Xie soon announced that she would embark on a nationwide tour.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

At the top of your memo, write, “Please read all of this before you embark on the house swap.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

The wildlife park said it believed Mary made an "abnormally large leap" to embark on her 15-day adventure.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

He confided that he was biding his time until spring, when he intended to go to Alaska and embark on an “ultimate adventure.”

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

He will also focus on ways of "improving high streets" as he embarks on a tour of the UK.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

In order to learn, Sullivan, played by Joel McCrea, embarks on a road trip disguised as a tramp and all kinds of terrible things happen to him that happen to people without resources.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

According to the post, Nautas’ name evokes the spirit of a “sailor, navigator, voyager, one who embarks on a journey and fears not the unknown.”

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

Analysts see even bigger things ahead for Sandisk as the company embarks on a significant business transformation.

From MarketWatch May 1, 2026

He is banished from the city—and embarks in a Cretan vessel.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker

In 2020, the lab embarked on training a chatbot dubbed “Gopher,” purposely keeping the project secret from Google Brain.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The carrier and its embarked aircraft were instrumental to the U.S.’s Operation Epic Fury bombing campaign, and the ship has since participated in the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

And after a quick ninth inning on both sides, the Dodgers embarked into extra innings for the second time in four days.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Farage left frontline politics in 2021 and embarked on a broadcasting career.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

We now had no alternative but to resort to civil disobedience, and we embarked on preparations for mass action in earnest.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

How has your creative process changed since embarking on this new artistic journey ?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

There were only arid steppes in sight when a small plane took off from an airport in southern Kazakhstan, embarking on a delicate mission: bringing rain for the scorched earth below.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Burnham, who is embarking on a tour of the UK while Parliament is in recess, has promised a series of "everyday fixes" to help people with the cost of living.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Before embarking on his mountaineering career, Purja served in Britain’s famed Gurkha army unit, which is overwhelmingly recruited from people of Nepal’s hill communities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

For a few minutes he thought he’d made a horrible mistake in embarking in the canoe, and that they’d be drowned for sure; but what else could they have done?

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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