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[em-bod-ee] / ɛmˈbɒd i /




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Each cup of “Sacred Water” is meant to embody that tradition.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

Part of a year-long world tour, Juria says the concerts "will truly embody the album's title. Our core will be right there on stage".

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

"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

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

Well-known quotations embody both of these things: they come with the imprimatur both of ancient derivation, and of the many people who, by passing it on, in some way are understood to have endorsed it.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

"Andy embodies the challenge", is how the same MP put it to me.

From BBC Jul. 14, 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

No one embodies how the ground has shifted under the committee more than Fed governor Christopher Waller.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

A mammoth corporation like this—it embodies too much experience.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Those ideas are embodied in a thoughtful, thematically arranged miscellany of artifacts, with deliberate juxtapositions between past and present.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 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

As investment into embodied AI booms, similar trials in China include robots directing traffic in cities like Hangzhou or working on factory floors.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Somewhere, out there, some machinery, embodied by the stubborn Trooper Rindlisbacher, was following a trail.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

Matthew Milton, Robert’s brother and an assistant coach for the Braves, said he still can’t believe how the team rallied together, exceeding all expectations and embodying so much of the spirit of Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

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

From Barron's Apr. 7, 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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