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engulf

[en-guhlf] / ɛnˈgʌlf /


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Then the national security state will likely engulf top-tier AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Then there was fog, smoke, something that seemed to suddenly engulf us," Muthunathan, 46, told AFP on Friday, showing a phone video she recorded of a torrent surging towards her.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Set to go live to the public on Thursday, Divine has been built to tackle the issues and debates that engulf internet culture in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

As it grows, it will engulf Mercury, Venus and possibly Earth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

But were he wrecked, the living water would engulf him, helpless; and he would indeed be lost.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"Schools, rail and hospitals suffer as heat engulfs UK," writes the Guardian, warning "temperatures close to 40C expected".

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Darkness engulfs me right before I step into a dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Scaffolding engulfs the inside of the giant multi-billion-dollar structure, rising all the way up to the 100-metre-high ceiling.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

By soon, they mean any time before the sun engulfs us all, which will happen sometime in the next five billion years.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025

Dad goes to her, gently scratches her arms and back, then engulfs her in a hug.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

It connected the molecular assembly to the cell's internal skeleton, allowing force to be transmitted across the surface of the material being engulfed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

PHILADELPHIA—Ed Sheeran wasted no time in addressing the controversy that has engulfed his tour when he took the stage at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Footage of the fire broadcast on local news Monday afternoon showed one structure — which authorities said was a home — engulfed in flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Video clips shared by the coastguard on Wednesday night showed the vessel engulfed in flames and people being pulled out of the water into rescue boats.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

And then a gigantic wave crashed over the rocks and engulfed the entire gravesite.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

"Parents came from all over looking for their children. That's when I saw a huge fire engulfing our school built of wooden planks," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

But this July, an avalanche swept through Pakistan's Broad Peak while the two were on their way up, engulfing everything in its path.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

A parallel panic is also engulfing the Pentagon, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his loyalists are scrambling to contain a massive internal leak.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Glowing magenta, she twirled above what looked to be a rising river, a physical representation of the swirling, engulfing thoughts that anxiety can provoke as she performed the song by the same name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

An instant later the whole airship bloomed into a rose of white fire, engulfing the intention craft, which hung motionless and unharmed in the middle of it.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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