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Recent Examples of entrain
At the core of Team Lichen’s technology is a paint innovation company, Reactive Surfaces, out of Austin, Texas, that for the past couple of decades, has been entraining biologicals into paints and coatings to derive various functionalities, such as antimicrobial or self-cleaning surfaces.
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Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
On May 20, the smoke, arising from wildfires in Alberta, was entrained by a large low-pressure system swirling counterclockwise over Canada and the United States.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2023
The counterclockwise-spinning low is entraining a filament of rich air from the Central Pacific thousands of miles to the southwest.
—Scott Dance, Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
The spacecraft’s body itself is small in stature, only about the height of an adult human, but its mission is a grand one: to explore two clusters of asteroids entrained by Jupiter’s gravity, relics untouched since the dawn of the solar system.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2023
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Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
On May 20, the smoke, arising from wildfires in Alberta, was entrained by a large low-pressure system swirling counterclockwise over Canada and the United States.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2023
The counterclockwise-spinning low is entraining a filament of rich air from the Central Pacific thousands of miles to the southwest.
—Scott Dance, Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
The spacecraft’s body itself is small in stature, only about the height of an adult human, but its mission is a grand one: to explore two clusters of asteroids entrained by Jupiter’s gravity, relics untouched since the dawn of the solar system.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2023
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Mace went on to accuse Murray-Quick of getting in her face despite him standing several feet away.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
22 Apr. 2025
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Rhodes then challenged Travis Scott to get in the ring — noting that both the rapper, Cena and the Rock had been the ones who’d ganged up on him last month during the WWE PLE Elimination Chamber.—
Shaheem Reid,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2025
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June 6, 2023 Lee is far from alone: Last year, 11,389 wheelchairs, power wheelchairs and scooters were mishandled during enplaning, according to the latest figures from the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2023
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All told, 626,110 passengers were either enplaned or deplaned at CVG last month, up from 576,859 passengers in February 2019.—
Randy Tucker,
Cincinnati.com,
19 Mar. 2020
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“Entrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrain. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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