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embrace

[em-breys] / ɛmˈbreɪs /


NOUN
hug
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Perhaps he prefers to inhabit a time when there was still a possibility that the community he once tried to be a part of might still embrace him.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

As in “Safe,” the heroine is driven by the doubting crowd into the embrace of the few who believe her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

I watch his friends embrace from a bench at the back of the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

While Hull's aggression brings the best out of the Briton, she would do well to embrace some of those more measured qualities of last week's winner in future major attempts.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Wishing to embrace the present occasion of finding out whether in teaching Joe, I should have to begin quite at the beginning, I said, “Ah! But read the rest, Jo.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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