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[em-bod-ee] / ɛmˈbɒd i /




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"It's almost like he is trying to reach for this glorified manhood that he cannot embody anymore," said Sabrina Karim, a political science professor at Cornell University.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

“But we have a body, and I like to very much embody my own storytelling.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

His failures were many and spectacular, but in 1940, as Britain fought alone against Hitler’s Germany, he drew on a lifetime’s writing about greatness to embody it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

There are plenty of good reasons for firms to adopt a cute character to embody their brand.

From BBC May 13, 2026

The result is a people, black people, who embody all physical varieties and whose life stories mirror this physical range.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Membership in rival groups embodies India’s decadeslong quest to chart an independent path in foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Whether she directs that talent toward good or evil varies from episode to episode, but she embodies the scrappy, anarchic spirit of old-time New York.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

“I can tell from his books and my time with him that he embodies indigenous wisdom and beliefs,” Fonda says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

The marmalade-loving bear is portrayed by a puppet controlled by a two-person team: James Hameed, the remote puppeteer, who controls the expressions and delivers the voice, and Arti Shah, who embodies Paddington on stage.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

True concluded triumphantly, “God or man, he embodies all the radiant energy of the adolescence of western art.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Yet the delighted gang’s-all-here element that ties Anderson’s regular cast together was embodied by an endearingly shaggy run through “Zorro Is Back” with Jenny Lewis and Rogê.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

Here, he realizes a triptych of vivid musical postcards recalling the American past: “The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common,” a hazy conjuring of Civil War ghosts embodied by a memorial to Col.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Since Rupert Mannion was played by the man who embodied Rupert Giles, it’s impossible to write him off as irredeemable.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

"He embodied everything we like to see in a manager, humility, professionalism and a deep care for his players and staff," added Bevan.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

From his volunteer work at a youth basketball league here in Dearborn to his goal of becoming a doctor and bringing quality medical care to poor neighborhoods, Kamal embodied the very best of America.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

And he put his own political brand - steady, competent and embodying the highest moral standards - front and centre.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

“This union of artistry and vision transformed the property into a singular masterpiece, embodying the glamour and creative force of Hollywood’s Golden Age,” the description goes on.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

Webb did so by embodying professional excellence, constructing his cases with analytical rigor, painstaking research, and courage.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

The hive mind is one of genre fiction’s most reliably unsettling tropes, embodying our native fear of being overwhelmed by a force organized around a singular purpose.

From Salon Dec. 29, 2025

It became a kind of secret code embodying their ambitions.

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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