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Evacuation warnings were issued in the area as the Palos fire grew to encompass 20 acres by about 4:15 p.m., according to Fire Department spokesperson Keith Navarre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Extending the concept of “team” to encompass “community” saved Goruck after the company was started in 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A template was then set up for other Instagrammers to take advantage, going on to encompass buzzy topics like East Asian rappers, the use of A.I. in the insurance industry, and the Himalayas.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Corporate responsibility could encompass so much more than making the stock market rise.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 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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Across the French Mediterranean coast, including Corsica, that zone encompasses about 1,700 kilometers of coastline, 187 towns, and at least 164,000 residents.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The authenticity of the production encompasses the music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Evolving over more than a century, the church encompasses a jumble of styles and ideas, indebted to the region’s distinctive take on Art Nouveau but not constrained by it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Wenger has been in a role which encompasses data analysis of the game, Fifa's online training and youth competitions since 2019.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"It encompasses all that is made, unmade, and yet to be made."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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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
That district had been Tennessee's 9th, which encompassed Memphis and was reliably won by Democrats.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
The list also encompassed a greater pool of owners than those who will ultimately be taxed—about 960,000 properties out of roughly 3.7 million units in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
But it also offered the audience a chance to look back on a career that’s encompassed virtually every major shift in pop music over the last two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Some zones were so large that they encompassed several planets, while others covered only a few kilometers on the surface of a single world.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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The protected area is enormous, encompassing everything we could see through our binoculars from there.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
The weather service has issued coastal flood and high surf advisories encompassing Santa Catalina and Santa Barbara islands, Malibu, Los Angeles and Ventura County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Isak played 22 games encompassing 1,033 minutes, scoring four goals at a rate of one every 258 minutes.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The 1858 oil painting presents a panoramic view of the Ecuadorian Andes encompassing the snow-capped volcanic peak at the top, blue glaciated ice below, and towering palm trees lower still.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The time when Kampuchea was a large empire with territories encompassing part of Thailand, Laos, and what is now South Vietnam.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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