enclose
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Once you’ve decided to enclose it, you’ve changed the whole calculus of the building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
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
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
In 2017, after persistent demands from community activists to enclose the site, L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
But the animal keeper had the solution: leather pouches that would enclose the cub’s feet and keep his child safe.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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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
It’s so stark, so subtle in how it encloses the space, turning it into a haven.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
The satellite virus needs the helper either to build its capsid, a protective shell that encloses the virus's genetic material, or to help it replicate its DNA.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
He encloses his hand around mine and shakes it once, then looks at the others.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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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
Visitors were directed to enter through the museum’s two enclosed security booths off the plaza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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 solar system is enclosed within a protective region created by the Sun, somewhat like the way Earth is surrounded by an atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Good because I didn’t feel so pressed in, so enclosed, but bad because of the crickets.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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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
Peck envisioned enclosing this gigantic theater within a still larger shell that would contain a hotel, banquet room, and offices.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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