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embrace

[em-breys] / ɛmˈbreɪs /


NOUN
hug
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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

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week for his first foreign trip of the year, as he attempts to reassert Beijing’s authority over Pyongyang following Kim Jong Un’s embrace of Moscow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Not hatred of LGBTQ+ people, and not even tolerance, but a full-on embrace.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

If I go back to Santa Rosa, I hope to embrace it as it is: transformed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

“Vinye!” he said, and there was so much warmth in the word—“my child”— and in his embrace, that I immediately felt I was exactly where I was meant to be.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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