Sentence examples for pledged to engage from inspiring English sources

He and Booker pledged to engage Newark residents, and Booker asked the group of civic leaders for their public support.

Mr. Obama pledged to "engage" with the Senate to pass a comprehensive energy and climate bill "this year".

When President Obama took office he pledged to engage rogue states in dialogue, but he didn't follow through with North Korea.

The US congratulated Rouhani – using his clerical title "Sayyid" – and pledged to "engage Iran directly" to find a "diplomatic solution that will fully address the international community's concerns about Iran's nuclear programme".

Although he has pledged to engage the Iranians diplomatically, Mr. Obama has been pushing for a new round of sanctions that might persuade Iran to come back to the negotiating table.

Still, the fact that the missile test occurred just days after the South had inaugurated a new President, Moon Jae-in, who had pledged to engage with the North, confirmed Pyongyang's impulse for provocation.

President Hassan Rouhani was elected in 2013 after pledging to engage the US and get  sanctions lifted.

But in pledging to engage with "Muslim community leaders" and imams in Rotherham he appears to be making the same mistake as many before him – Jay's report despaired there was no attempt to engage the Muslim community beyond such leaders and imams.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - North Korea, defying calls to rein in its weapons program, fired a ballistic missile that landed in the sea near Russia on Sunday, days after a new leader came to power in South Korea pledging to engage Pyongyang in dialog.

She said the meeting, to be held Oct. 1, would fulfill President Obama's pledge to engage with Iran.

Mr. Imus has also been true to his pledge to engage two new black cast members on matters of race.