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
And this terrible association with Epstein plays out through the film, with Prince Andrew protesting his innocence as the questions and accusations encircle him, until he is hiding from lawyers trying to serve court papers.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024
I remember redwood trees so monumental it took five of us, fully grown with arms outstretched, to encircle just one of them.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
Vocabulary lists containing encircle
Florida's B.E.S.T Roots: circ, circum
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