Example Sentences
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Authorities have evacuated tens of thousands of people, including from affluent tourist sites engulfed in the flames.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
In a slowly emptying village in northern Kazakhstan, wild grass engulfed the entrances of abandoned apartment blocks, as children's songs spilled into the street from the only building still occupied.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Bodycam and dashcam footage shows a police officer rescue a man seconds before his car was engulfed in flames near Dallas, Texas.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Chicago also has struggled mightily outside of a win against Phoenix this week and has been engulfed in drama around veteran guard Skylar Diggins, who sat out because of a knee injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
It was a young man engulfed by a fawn-brown Inverness cape that was twenty years out of fashion.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
