encircle

Example Sentences

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Several thousand people compete for spots in the lots and decks that encircle the headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

China launched missiles and deployed dozens of fighter jets, navy ships and coastguard vessels this week to encircle Taiwan's main island.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

In their capture of Aleppo, the rebels now encircle several neighborhoods controlled by the SDF, and have promised the Kurdish fighters safe passage to northeast Syria.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Previous structures from X-ray crystallization revealed that formins are made of two identical parts that encircle the actin filament in a ring-like conformation and step along it as it grows.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

Trains of sores encircle the eyes and gather at the lips.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson