encircled

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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

In early April, 1992, Bosnian Serb forces encircled Sarajevo, starting what would become the most prolonged siege in modern European history.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

“But the pains weren’t gone in two days; they were worse, and grew worse still, as if something inside her were encircled by a wire being drawn tighter and tighter to cut it in two.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Surprisingly, once we swam out, I could see the land encircled us with long arms.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

He was bare-headed and his fair hair was encircled with a very thin band of gold, hardly thicker than a wire.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis