encircle

Example Sentences

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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 • Jan. 1, 2026

They constructed a 35-mile earthen berm around the city in an attempt to encircle its one million residents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

But the front line creeps ever closer, with Russia also threatening to encircle defenders from the north and west.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

What is increasingly clear is that the inner core is susceptible in different ways to activity in the layers of Earth that encircle it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

White lounge chairs encircle the pool, and people wear sunglasses and sip Coca-Cola in their bathing suits.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau