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engrain

British  
/ ɪnˈɡreɪn /

verb

  1. a variant spelling of ingrain

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“My family and I are fired up to engrain ourselves in this community, build relationships with our players, and hit the recruiting trail. This is a special place with special people and a football program with a storied tradition.”

From Seattle Times

This kind of commitment, after a while, will engrain your company with that school and open up employment opportunities that will benefit not only your business but students who otherwise would never have had the chance.

From The Guardian

And, having watched sparring partners flail, fail and fold in competition, he works to engrain his skills as second nature — a bulwark against loss of nerve in himself.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a hands-on approach to platform-building with an explicitly prosocial bent — Abovitz imagines releasing a “young person’s primer to being a good Magic Leaper” to engrain mixed reality etiquette in kids.

From The Verge

As a labor leader, Weingarten, the first openly lesbian president of a major union, has been a trailblazing leader; pushing the labor movement to engage more on issues of race and gender and to get involved in community struggle in an effort to engrain unions more in the political fabric of communities.

From The Guardian