engaged
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The company has also engaged a financial advisory firm "to evaluate a range of strategic alternatives that could include a sale of the company or merger," GoPro announced in May.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
When O’Donnell got engaged in 2011, he tweeted that he felt sorry for the fiancée and her parents.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
But this week’s confrontation with Israel, the first time Iran engaged in direct hostilities in defense of an ally, represents a significant shift, said Sadegh Larijani, head of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
In his opening statement, Gates said he never witnessed Epstein engaged in ongoing criminal conduct, nor had any indication of it.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“Oh! he told me all about it; that Jane Fairfax and Mr. Frank Churchill are to be married, and that they have been privately engaged to one another this long while. How very odd!”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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Michelle Obama's final address as First Lady (2017)
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