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It was very windy last night, the fire spread up quickly to the upper floors and then to every side, engulfing the whole building. – Peerapan Srisakorn Peerapan Srisakorn	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The fire spread up quickly to the upper floors and then to every side, engulfing the whole building. – Peerapan Srisakorn Peerapan Srisakorn	Found on CNN 1 year ago
New Yorkers feel as if a sea of violence is engulfing New York City. But as your mayor, I promise you, I will not let this happen. We will not surrender New York City to the violent few. – New York	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
New Yorkers feel as if a sea of violence is engulfing our city, but as your mayor, I promise you, I will not let this happen. We will not surrender our city to the violent few. Gun violence is a public health crisis. There’s no time to wait. We must act. – Eric Adams	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
New Yorkers feel as if a sea of violence is engulfing our city. But as your mayor, I promise you, I will not let this happen. We will not surrender our city to the violent few, gun violence is a public health crisis. There’s no time to wait. We must act. – Eric Adams	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
President Donald Trump and I will always support the right of Americans to peaceful protest, but rioting and looting is not peaceful protest, tearing down statues is not free speech. Those who do so will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, last week, Joe Biden didn't say one word about the violence and chaos engulfing cities across this country. Let me be clear, the violence must stop, whether in Minneapolis, Portland, or Kenosha. – Vice President Pence	Found on CNN 3 years ago
At about 9.45 p.m., we went to take the elevator down, but hotel security stopped us saying there was a gang war on the ground floor. We were all quite anxious about what was going on but soon found out through the TV that it was a terror attack, a few people were calm, some had fainted or were in a state of shock under the tables. The bomb blast, the sound of gunfire and the fire engulfing the area was so shocking. All of us were in a different states of mind. I was extremely worried about my mother, my two daughters and my wife, they were all crying. – Managing Director of Pegasus Shipping	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The overall tone of this report was encouraging, pointing to a respite in the ongoing recession engulfing the U.S. industrial sector. – Millan Mulraine	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The zinnia plant is very different from lettuce, it is more sensitive to environmental parameters and light characteristics. It has a longer growth duration between 60 and 80 days. Thus, it is a more difficult plant to grow, and allowing it to flower, along with the longer growth duration, makes it a good precursor to a tomato plant. The zinnia plant, though, showed signs of stress early on - possibly due to high humidity or water engulfing some of the plants. – Trent Smith	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Turkey is in turmoil( and) the flames are engulfing everyone. – Sinan Ulgen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

It was very windy last night, the fire spread up quickly to the upper floors and then to every side, engulfing the whole building.

– Peerapan Srisakorn Peerapan Srisakorn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The fire spread up quickly to the upper floors and then to every side, engulfing the whole building.

– Peerapan Srisakorn Peerapan Srisakorn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

New Yorkers feel as if a sea of violence is engulfing New York City. But as your mayor, I promise you, I will not let this happen. We will not surrender New York City to the violent few.

– New York

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

New Yorkers feel as if a sea of violence is engulfing our city, but as your mayor, I promise you, I will not let this happen. We will not surrender our city to the violent few. Gun violence is a public health crisis. There’s no time to wait. We must act.

– Eric Adams

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

New Yorkers feel as if a sea of violence is engulfing our city. But as your mayor, I promise you, I will not let this happen. We will not surrender our city to the violent few, gun violence is a public health crisis. There’s no time to wait. We must act.

– Eric Adams

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

President Donald Trump and I will always support the right of Americans to peaceful protest, but rioting and looting is not peaceful protest, tearing down statues is not free speech. Those who do so will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, last week, Joe Biden didn't say one word about the violence and chaos engulfing cities across this country. Let me be clear, the violence must stop, whether in Minneapolis, Portland, or Kenosha.

– Vice President Pence

Found on CNN
3 years ago

At about 9.45 p.m., we went to take the elevator down, but hotel security stopped us saying there was a gang war on the ground floor. We were all quite anxious about what was going on but soon found out through the TV that it was a terror attack, a few people were calm, some had fainted or were in a state of shock under the tables. The bomb blast, the sound of gunfire and the fire engulfing the area was so shocking. All of us were in a different states of mind. I was extremely worried about my mother, my two daughters and my wife, they were all crying.

– Managing Director of Pegasus Shipping

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The overall tone of this report was encouraging, pointing to a respite in the ongoing recession engulfing the U.S. industrial sector.

– Millan Mulraine

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The zinnia plant is very different from lettuce, it is more sensitive to environmental parameters and light characteristics. It has a longer growth duration between 60 and 80 days. Thus, it is a more difficult plant to grow, and allowing it to flower, along with the longer growth duration, makes it a good precursor to a tomato plant. The zinnia plant, though, showed signs of stress early on - possibly due to high humidity or water engulfing some of the plants.

– Trent Smith

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Turkey is in turmoil( and) the flames are engulfing everyone.

– Sinan Ulgen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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