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- verb Present participle of
embark .
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Examples
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Though I think that the English word "embarking" sounds quite fancy on its own.
Goo mj 2007
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The Fed is likely to announce a program of bond purchases worth a few hundred billion dollars over several months in embarking on its latest round of stimulus.
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When he shows reservations in embarking on an affair with her, she points out to him that as an illegitimate son, his parentage is uncertain, to which Spurio agrees.
Final drafting stuff: fantasyecho 2008
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While some small parties have proposed the idea of embarking on a signature drive, none has actually done so.
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When very young, about four or five, I can recall embarking on culinary adventures.
At My Table 2006
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When very young, about four or five, I can recall embarking on culinary adventures.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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A few words from us decided him, and hope and joy sparkled in his eyes; the idea of embarking in a career, so congenial to his early habits and cherished wishes, made him as before energetic and bold.
The Last Man 2003
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African government ministers were at odds Wednesday over the idea of embarking on a new world trade round at a meeting here gathering delegates from 53 countries, sources close to the talks said.
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The latter and the other members of the party were at first as much startled as surprised by the idea of embarking on a voyage of eleven hundred miles in so questionable a craft, but Professor
The Second Deluge 1890
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Federal Reserve policymakers explicitly raised the idea of embarking on a third round of "quantitative easing" earlier this month in order to jolt the economy, according to
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