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imbed

[im-bed] / ɪmˈbɛd /






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Then — and I’m not sure how you’ll do this — you must imbed belief, building upon the jilted relationships and smoldering ashes and shards of broken glass DeBoer left behind.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024

While Trudeau may be the immediate benefactor, it also gives the Conservatives more time to imbed a new leader after their convention in September.

From Reuters ● Mar. 25, 2022

He says circle hooks, which are bent farther toward the hook’s shaft, are likelier to imbed in the mouth and easier to remove before releasing the fish.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2016

As interactions with machines increase in our daily life, we will need to learn to imbed them with values that are aligned with ours.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2016

It was a common practice in those days to imbed such things in the corner stones of buildings.

From Added Upon A Story by Nephi Anderson

“Expect an imbedded risk premium until there is more concrete news about the two sides meeting.”

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025

“We have personnel imbedded to help and monitor.”

From The Verge ● Mar. 3, 2022

The experiment, which started in June, imbedded a “triage pod,” of paramedics, public health clinicians and dispatchers to review the best response to non-emergency 911 calls.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

Stair lights: Lights imbedded in a deck’s stair trim are handy if you have a dark stairway, and are generally easy to install.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2021

His small eyes were imbedded in pale flesh, eyes that seldom smiled despite the giggle and the grin that sometimes flashed across his face, especially when he knew he was reaching people.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

The molecules of iron, becoming incorporated in the now thick and viscous oil or imbedding themselves in the bearing, act as an abrasive; the black surface is removed, making the pivot again bright, but "ringed."

From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by William T. Lewis

You must, for example, guard against imbedding the fish hook in the flesh, which is most painful, often leading to blood-poisoning.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

Moses, recognizing the influence of the crowd even when in the wrong, felt the necessity of imbedding in the Jewish code this declaration: "Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil."

From Unfettered A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs

Then, folding his arms, he watched the imbedding of those bricks in their plaster with a sovereign calm like that of Vitellius eating figs at the combats of the gladiators.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various

Stealthily sending their roots down and imbedding them in the roots of their victims, they draw from them the nourishment needed for their sustenance.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons




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