encircle

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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

Chinese authorities have published a map showing several large zones encircling Taiwan where the operations are taking place.

From Barron's

In scenes that required Smoke and Stack to appear in the same frame, filmmakers encircled Jordan’s head with a shoulder-mounted “halo rig” affixed with 10 small cameras.

From Los Angeles Times

More waste arrives daily, piling up like technicolour snowdrifts along the roads and rivers of Xa Cau, one of hundreds of "craft" recycling villages encircling Vietnam's capital Hanoi where waste is sorted, shredded and melted.

From Barron's

It already displays two prominent, sweeping arms that encircle a bright central bulge, stretching across about 30,000 light-years.

From Science Daily