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Pop stars like Lil Nas X, Beyoncé and her sister, Solange, who celebrate country and western culture’s Black roots in their music and videos, have imbued it with a certain hip factor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

The long-frozen mammoth tusks — combined with Chinese demand for ivory — have imbued teetering local economies with a strike-it-rich ethos.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2019

It’s something people have imbued with a high value.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2018

Camilla has talent, no question about it; and the split from her musical group, hoever painful, may have imbued her with a 'rushed' maturity, expressed in her songs.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2018

In short, the unknown seemed to have imbued him with some hitherto unfelt attributes,—invested him either with new powers, or awakened his hitherto dormant faculties.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John