She gladly/eagerly 'embraced' [='welcomed'] the opportunity/chance to study abroad.
These ideas have been (widely) 'embraced' by a the scientific community.
They 'embraced' one last time before going their separate ways.
(..) So wss my patient. Look, l'd like to stay for a while. l have to do some work here. l speak the language. There are partisans to be disarmed. We embrace them and see if we can relieve them of their weapons you know while we hide. l wss a thief, so the army thought l'd be good at it. (..)1996 The English Patient