embodied

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Zhang's rise embodied what millions of his followers aspire towards: someone from a small town who climbs the social ladder by forging their own path.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“Libertarians talk a lot about freedom and responsibility. Brian embodied both,” Reason Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward said in his obituary.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Wills, who is himself a Catholic, called the separation of church and state embodied in the First Amendment’s Establishment clause “a stunning innovation,” the one unique, genius thing about our nation’s founding document.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Each character’s reaction to the self-slamming doors and shifting corridors deepens the atmosphere of suspicion and embodied terror.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

In it were contained all the old poetry and stern cadences of what the Marine Corps embodied and embraced.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy