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enclose

[en-klohz] / ɛnˈkloʊz /


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Why not enclose Vuitton’s allotted space within the shell of a trans-Atlantic liner?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

A family found the cans - light-tight containers used to enclose film - in the shed belonging to their father, an editor on the show who died recently.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024

Tuesday to enclose the encampment, which went up Monday, but did not order anyone to disperse.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024

In an open letter sent to the community in January, SHM described the “double-barrier” that will enclose the pens and other measures to address these concerns.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 19, 2024

Very soon the thorned fence they were building would enclose the area completely; she supposed they would create some kind of gate, and then they would shove their chickens and their tykes inside.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

But it had no lights of its own, so the volunteers used the LED lights and glow sticks to attach homemade Dodgers-themed signage to the fence that encloses the bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Mr. Nesbø encloses “Wolf Hour,” translated from the Norwegian by Robert Ferguson, in a clever conceptual envelope: The book is being written years later by a Norwegian cousin of Bob’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

This approach encloses CBD molecules within water-soluble nano-micelles, which are considered safe for use in foods and medicines.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2025

Towards the back of the area so far excavated there is a wall that encloses three rooms.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023

As my heartbeat decreases and that knot that encloses my heart loosens, I think that maybe, just maybe, everything will be all right.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

In 1965, American superfan Kathy Salt wrote to then-occupant Ashley Jones, who enclosed a photograph of the house and a key, with a tag attached, in his letter back.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

That’s enough to power thousands of homes, but they usually need less than a quarter of an acre of space, with the batteries enclosed in steel-walled containers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

That’s why Araujo’s perch on the club level behind home plate is exposed to the crowd rather than enclosed, like the booths to his right used by the radio and TV broadcasters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Not exactly what you want to hear while inside a winged, enclosed metal tube traveling at 530 miles per hour, 35,000 feet above the ground.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The mall was built like a fortress around a huge, two-story enclosed street, where store succeeded store, as far as you could see.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Bizarrely, a green gate and fence enclosing the site stood untouched.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

Some hotels have been moving the sink and shower into the bedroom and enclosing the toilet in glass or placing it in cubby-like space, which helps make the room look more spacious, Hanson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Survey work has been conducted over the last two decades but researchers believed critical questions about "the date, development and function of both the enclosing elements and the internal settlement remain unanswered".

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

In fact, it later puffs up sideways and transforms into what looks like a huge cosmic watermelon, enclosing everything close by.

From Space Scoop ● Nov. 28, 2025

The boy needs to spend more and more time studying, each night enclosing himself in the silence permitted and required by intense concentration.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez


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