ensconced

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Routinely forgetting to drop the bat would be a bizarre mistake for any teenage baseball phenom who spent his youth ensconced in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

While he was ensconced in the Top 10, Sedaka continued to write hits for other artists, remaining a regular composer for Francis but also reaching the charts with Jimmy Clanton.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Now they’re ensconced in Scotland, where he has been an architect and she an English teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

There is some hope that with a new economic adviser now ensconced in Downing Street and reporting to the prime minister, that the debate on tax is more open than before.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Evy, Sissy, Katie, and Francie stood around the big brass bed in which the failure had ensconced himself.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith