Today’s “Word of the Day” is “ensconce“ and it is a verb meaning “settle in a comfortable & safe place or position; install, establish, lodge, position, entrench, shelter”.
Example Sentence: The Americans funded the mujahideen, the forerunners of the present-day Taliban. Then 9/11 happened, and the hunt for Osama bin Laden began. Believing him to be hiding in Afghanistan, they first bombarded and then invaded it, only to find him ensconced in Pakistan. The Americans now found themselves in the wrong country, but remained there for 20 years.
This word is present in The Hindu article A moral disaster for the west and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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