engage
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A “movement break” for students to engage in social and physical activities daily.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Today’s proposed regulations put institutions on notice and schools that continue to engage in racial discrimination should expect to lose that status,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sauer sought the Supreme Court’s immediate intervention after lower courts ruled in favor of the preservation group, which was chartered by Congress to engage the public in protecting historic sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
One artist bemoaned that she had to “flatten and suppress her real self” to engage her audience.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
I don’t know what caused the transformation, why suddenly I could engage with the great thinkers of the past, rather than revere them to the point of muteness.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
The younger players indulge in playful kick-ups as he watches, engaged in conversation with a member of staff.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The sale of that property came four years after she met Ritter on the set of the film “The Big Ask” and the same year that the couple got engaged.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
In December, Miley and her rocker boyfriend of more than four years, Maxx Morando, announced they were engaged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Another lawsuit alleging that Amazon engaged in illegal monopolization is headed for trial next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
And every spare minute he spent there he wanted to be engaged in chess, hopefully playing with the highest-rated masters in the country.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
That startling conversion is the subject of Dennis C. Rasmussen’s “Frederick Douglass’s American Founding,” an engaging, lucid intellectual history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The researchers also suggest that engaging in creative work could help strengthen neural networks involved in controlling attention, potentially reshaping patterns associated with impulsivity and hyperactivity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
He becomes executive chairman of Apple's board on the same day, with a mandate the company has said includes engaging policymakers around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
The two clubs could also face a second home match without fans if there is a further incident of either side's supporters engaging in "unacceptable conduct" in a Scottish Cup fixture.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I am not accusing you of engaging in boyish fancy. I am advising you to avoid the appearance of boyish fancy.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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