encircled

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At the entrance, facing a tower encircled by a metal walkway where two guards stood watch, Justice Minister Reginaldo Biyogo Mba spoke to journalists, praising conditions at the facility.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The island identified beneath Karnak is the only known example of such high ground encircled by water in the region.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

“But the pains weren’t gone in two days; they were worse, and grew worse still, as if something inside her were encircled by a wire being drawn tighter and tighter to cut it in two.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Additional firefighters worked the other edges of the field until it was encircled by strips of burned black grass.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

On the day of Woodrow Wilson’s second inauguration, March 4, 1917, one thousand protesting women encircled the White House in the biting wind, sleet, and pouring rain.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling