engage in
Example Sentences
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Lai said Taiwan is willing to "engage in healthy and orderly exchanges with China" on an equal footing, but insisted "we will not sacrifice our sovereignty and democratic way of life."
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
On its surface, the controversy appears like absurd clickbait — a grown man breathlessly informing audiences that activists sometimes engage in activism.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Many aren’t even old enough to vote, yet they still organize movements and engage in civic discourse on a massive scale.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
I was with Muhammad Ali, who was in the depths of his Parkinson’s, and I’m talking to him and trying to engage in conversation, and I couldn’t understand what he was saying.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Statements like: he was in South Africa only to fight, and not to engage in politics; therefore the press should stop hounding him for comments on apartheid.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
