encircle
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"We are trying to definitively encircle the fire today," regional government spokesperson Nicolas Yernaux told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
As for the county of Los Angeles, about half of its 4,700-plus square miles are made up of the forests and oceans and deserts that encircle it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
It already displays two prominent, sweeping arms that encircle a bright central bulge, stretching across about 30,000 light-years.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2025
Ukraine's 7th Airborne Assault Corps says weather conditions, particularly dense fog, have prompted Moscow to intensify its bid to get increasing numbers into the ruined city and encircle Ukrainian forces.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
At the base of the aqueduct, the First and Second Cohorts were trying to encircle Polybotes, but they were taking a pounding.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
Only the state of Brandenburg, which encircles Berlin and sees spillover from the capital city, bucks the trend.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Since 2019, it has expanded its attacks from northern Burkina Faso and now encircles Ouagadougou, threatening links with neighbouring Ivory Coast, Togo and Mali.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
The researchers also showed that by changing the type of polymer that encircles a nanotube, they could engineer new types of semiconducting nanotubes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024
Capps took a photo from down the bluff that shows the red fence that encircles the balcony hanging over the beach, threatening to tumble into the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
I can see the sea that encircles the island and beyond it, the bright lights of human cities and towns through the ever-present mist.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
“If Taiwan gets encircled by fleets, no supplies will be able to get through,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
During the fight with Moscow-backed rebels, Drapaty is also credited with re-capturing several settlements from Russian control and then saving his unit from being encircled.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Several hundred city residents, social justice activists, and dozens of Newark police officers encircled the DHS site where Baraka was being held.
From Salon ● May 30, 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
This time, snakelike in its precision, it encircled the tree.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
She pointed out one pup with a piece of trash encircling its neck.
From Slate ● May 27, 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
The new English coast path links with the Wales Coast Path - an 870-mile route encircling the Welsh coastline.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
When President Trump was asked about the China encircling Taiwan at a news conference on Monday, he shrugged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Great Oedipus bonds are encircling your brain and destroying you.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing encircle
Florida's B.E.S.T Roots: circ, circum
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