Example Sentences
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Los Gallardos resident Jose Antonio Flores watched as flames engulfed the land he had tended for decades.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
SEATTLE—For all of the controversy that had engulfed Team USA in the 24 hours leading up to its match against Belgium, the game itself was always going to represent something more than a political maelstrom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, fire crews found multiple cars engulfed in flames in a parking lot at 1104 W. Pacific Coast Hwy around 8:30 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Khan, a hard-charging British lawyer, was the face of the court through the most consequential period of its 24-year history, a time when war engulfed Ukraine and the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Perhaps eighty years earlier, dust storms had engulfed the high plains, blackening the glaciers in the peaks above.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
