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The failures encompass everything from regulation and employment practices to the way the NHS and government struggle to learn the lessons of the past.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Forecasts from the Fed would benefit from scenarios that encompass the possibility that interest rates are signaling something more structural and lasting than a series of temporary shocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Stern says people will still be able to check multiple racial and ethnic identification boxes on forms to encompass all the ways they identify.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The case, which began as a coordinated, bipartisan effort involving attorneys general from 29 states, eventually expanded to encompass 47, as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
At least, this is what the last day of school is supposed to encompass.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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But now, preppy style encompasses so, so much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The authenticity of the production encompasses the music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The sprawling retreat encompasses hundreds of acres and features five main residences, along with dozens of private beaches, an outdoor theater, a gym and tennis courts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Archosaurs, in turn, are the lineage that encompasses two of the best-known groups of terrestrial vertebrates: crocodiles and dinosaurs, including birds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
It completely encompasses the distant tree, making it glow a hot blue-white and causing the surrounding air to crackle with electricity.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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"Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry," it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The full range of Jayhawks sounds are encompassed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
That district had been Tennessee's 9th, which encompassed Memphis and was reliably won by Democrats.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
His long, productive career encompassed more than six decades, in each of which his live performances and recordings continually attested to his preeminence as one of jazz history’s most vital, innovative and influential artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
I feel the dread of this horrible place overpowering me; I am in fear—in awful fear—and there is no escape for me; I am encompassed about with terrors that I dare not think of....
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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The debate about the appropriateness of wearing balaclavas in public places goes wider than e-bikes, encompassing anti-social behaviour, crime and some anti-immigration protests.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The protected area is enormous, encompassing everything we could see through our binoculars from there.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
It estimates that its surplus on the “current account”—a trade measure encompassing goods, services and investment income—is headed to 1% of global GDP, a share no country has achieved in postwar history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sets of instruments were stationed along every wall of the room, fully encompassing us in sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The ANC was a broad coalition encompassing many different tribes, but its leaders at the time were primarily Xhosa.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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