encircling

Example Sentences

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The report imagined an “emerald necklace,” an urban paradise of parks and rivers and open spaces and public beaches encircling L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The “spiritual alchemist” who turns her San Antonio home into what looks like the HQ of a drug cartel by encircling the place with an 8-foot concrete wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

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

By early October the ring completely surrounded the city - with a smaller barricade encircling a neighbouring village.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

She was huddled into a D—arms encircling drawn-up knees, on which she rested her head.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison