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The portraits on the wall, whose characters occasionally come alive, start to envelop us.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

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

When it rains, clouds envelop the mountains, and the flooded valleys buzz with swarms of mosquitoes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

One moment the music envelops us in a mysterious hush and then it is downright jaunty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Seating 4,000, the Pritzker envelops a “Great Lawn,” with room for another 7,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

It has the same bustling feeling that envelops SW19, with fans queueing at the merchandise stalls or craning their necks at the practice courts for a glimpse of the players.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025

I love the sizzle of the hot, spiced ghee when it is poured into the lentils, the way that dal envelops a bowl of rice like a hug.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

Sinking In the car on the way home the engine battles the hum of silence and sadness that envelops you.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander

That’s one reason cybersecurity stocks like CrowdStrike have seen strong performance this year, bucking the selloff that’s enveloped many other software names.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

At night, the narrow cobbled streets of Old Havana are enveloped in inky black, devoid of power and virtually deserted.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Two women witness the strange murder of a neighbor and begin to believe that something could be lurking in the mist that’s enveloped the Earth.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

In January, Banco Santander, Spain’s largest financial institution, moved to pull back the shroud of mystery that had enveloped the marquee collection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

A thin mist began to creep up from the river, and it grew, and grew; till soon a dense fog enveloped the ship and all around her.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Weightier than any of that is the ever-more involuted mystery enveloping the real Elizabeth Short, whose murder has inspired fictionalized homages before De Palma’s movie and since, but has yet to be satisfactorily rendered onscreen.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

A blanket of toxic haze is enveloping parts of Indonesia and spreading into Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as weeks-long wildfires continue to burn.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, John, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the newest drama enveloping semi-royals Prince Harry and Meghan after they announced an impending move back to the UK.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

The blur outside becomes enveloping and unfathomable; the universe inside the car evolves as the friends invent tension-defusing rituals to keep from screaming at one another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

She’d definitely see through the fairy magic enveloping me, and I have absolutely no plans to update her, so I let the phone ring.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali