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embark

[em-bahrk] / ɛmˈbɑrk /


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A representative of the local trekking authority, the Annapurna Conservation Area Project, said some 700 trekkers were still waiting in Pokhara to embark on the Annapurna Circuit.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The 407-foot-tall rocket was scheduled to embark on a nearly 10-hour mission in which it was to complete six orbits around the Earth before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Everything you need to know about the Rams and Chargers as they embark on a new season in hopes of reaching the Super Bowl in February.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The MoD in 2024 promised to embark on a comprehensive examination of any information the department holds on the issue, and has since released five reports.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Our spoils were below, and to the riverside we repaired, there to embark.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

As Radcliff embarks on his investing journey, he has a goal of graduating debt-free with $250,000 in assets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

When any side embarks on the sort of root and branch revolution the Italian presided over this summer, it is inevitable there will be teething problems and time required for understandings and relationships to form.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Fast-food chain Wendy’s has brought in former McDonald’s executive Tariq Hassan as the chain embarks on a new strategic plan to revitalize sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

A shepherdess embarks: "Did you not marke how the windes whistled, and the seas danced for joy; how the sales did swell with pride, and all because they had Urania?"

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by J. J. Jusserand

That is the contention of Marieke Blom, chief economist at Dutch bank ING, who has embarked on a mission to correct some of the gloomier misconceptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The landscape was bleak even before Macbeth heard the fateful prophecy and embarked on his murderous adventure—Ms. Proske’s production suggests that the impulse toward tyranny never ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The scientists have already embarked on gathering that evidence - giving the local wildlife experts they worked with cameras to record the behaviour they witness.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Lozano and his wife embarked to the Central American country for nine months, leaving La Opinión in the hands of their son and daughter, Jose Ignacio and Leticia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Years earlier, with advice and assistance from the World Health Organization, a branch of the United Nations, Peru had embarked on a nationwide program of TB diagnosis and treatment.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The 407-foot-tall rocket is embarking on a nearly 10-hour mission in which it is to complete six orbits around the Earth before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

All were embarking on the hardest of homecomings, beginning all over again - with almost nothing.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Maddie and Avery were living in New York after college, in their 20s and embarking on careers in art and fashion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Now the RSS is embarking on an international tour designed to build recognition and credibility beyond India, and is facing resistance in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Marcos sank into a deep depression that lasted two or three days, at the end of which he announced that he would never marry and that he was embarking on a trip around the world.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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