envelop
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This “deep-dive arctic wave” of weather is expected to envelop basically 50% of the U.S. — as many as 30 states, so it’s a big storm that’s not leaving soon, said Yawger.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026
This is hardly the first scandal to envelop a major college team, of course.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Months after ICE’s widely publicized raids, fear continues to envelop Santa Ana, a majority-Hispanic city with a large immigrant population.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
As the stakes get higher, the plot ripples out into larger and larger concentric circles that envelop Maggie’s life and everyone in it.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025
As they climbed, she could see the glitter of the moon on the sea far off to the left, and its silver-sepia light seemed to envelop her in a cool, skeptical wonder.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing envelop
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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