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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
embark .
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Examples
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Left with few options, Efrain embarks on a double life — honor student by day, drug peddler at night — convinced that by temporarily capitulating to society’s negative expectations of a boy like him, he can eventually defy them.
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But as Palin embarks on a grueling campaign to become vice-president of the United States, she is, in Crouse’s view, a model mother, unlike the millions of American women who have no choice but to put their kids in day care.
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But as Palin embarks on a grueling campaign to become vice-president of the United States, she is, in Crouse’s view, a model mother, unlike the millions of American women who have no choice but to put their kids in day care.
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All the answers are here as Top Cow’s flagship title embarks in a bold new direction!
Image Comics for October 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Frankenstein sets out on a mission to destroy the Creature and embarks on "wanderings ... which are to cease but with life" (III: 7: 3).
Plot Summary 2010
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Never having met Coetzee, he embarks on a series of interviews with people who were important to him – a married woman with whom he had an affair, his favourite cousin Margot, a Brazilian dancer whose daughter had English lessons with him, former friends and colleagues.
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But he embarks on that economic mission in more uncertain times.
Canadian Government Targets Deficit Paul Vieira 2011
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It was Homar's mysterious and outrageous character that came to me first; his maniacal language grew from his conception of the world and his stance toward the quest he embarks upon.
The Style of a Wild Man William Giraldi 2011
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Every fall, Wolfelt embarks on his yearly speaking tour, flying to various cities from his base of operations in Colorado with an itinerary so hopscotch that if it were diagrammed it would resemble one of those flight route maps from the back of an airline magazine.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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Joseph Priestley, The History and Present State of Electricity. 1768: James Cook embarks on the first of three voyages to the Pacific.
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