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
Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
It already displays two prominent, sweeping arms that encircle a bright central bulge, stretching across about 30,000 light-years.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025
So Russia has changed tactics, moving instead to encircle the city, cutting off supply routes.
From BBC • May 28, 2025
We stood on the flats, ground-floor corridors that encircle the tiers of cells.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing encircle
Florida's B.E.S.T Roots: circ, circum
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