embody
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"They embody a sense of stability and gives me peace of mind."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
However difficult and imperfect at times, those 35 years embody the hope that nations can achieve independence and justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
If the stage is where ballet dancers embody their characters, then rehearsal is where they embody themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Constitution is a “liberty document,” and he was responding to a view of the Constitution that saw it as written by powerful men to embody a theory of power and mastery.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
A notable element of all these East-West rivalries was that the western rep-resentatives nearly always seemed to embody certain attributes that stood in stark contrast to those of their eastern counterparts.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Yet she argues that Kander’s work embodies not the melting pot but “culinary pluralism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dillahunt’s Macon embodies the sinister darkness lurking beneath the surface of any American small town, especially for outsiders.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
“This extraordinary residence represents the culmination of that passion: a Napa-inspired estate that embodies everything she loved most about residential design,” the listing goes on.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Deeply influenced by his Cuban grandfather, Rubio says he embodies the American dream.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
True concluded triumphantly, “God or man, he embodies all the radiant energy of the adolescence of western art.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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His own laboratory has begun exploring this direction by drawing on ideas from embodied cognition and ecological psychology.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Trauma is embodied and sometimes finding words to explain what we have been subjected to, and what we carry, is difficult," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It included specific expressive choices already embodied in Salkin’s materials.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
His embrace of Nazism in 1933, however, embodied what Arendt eventually condemned as thought’s retreat from the common world into “supposedly higher realms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Washington realized it meant sustaining the national purpose as embodied in the Continental Army.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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The character, the first full-fledged advertising mascot for Crocs, is a sort of emotional support animal embodying the casual vibe associated with its slip-on shoes, according to Chief Marketing Officer Carly Gomez.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Nearly half of the U.S. soccer players who made an inspiring run to the World Cup round of 16 are dual-nationals, embodying the American dream on the Fourth of July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
"Off the field, he carried himself with humility and integrity, embodying the very best values of our game."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
There can be value in embodying machismo on-screen, if it’s done right.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Curiously, though, environmentalists also describe Native American history as embodying precisely the opposite lesson: how to live in a spiritual balance with Nature.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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