encircling

Example Sentences

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Behind the concertina wire encircling the bases, Germans could experience American bowling alleys and drive-in theaters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

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

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

These fisheries rely on purse-seine nets, a method that captures schooling fish by encircling them with a large wall of netting.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

She pushed the blanket aside and looked at a metal bracelet encircling one tiny ankle.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry