encircling
Example Sentences
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The report imagined an “emerald necklace,” an urban paradise of parks and rivers and open spaces and public beaches encircling L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The “spiritual alchemist” who turns her San Antonio home into what looks like the HQ of a drug cartel by encircling the place with an 8-foot concrete wall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
These fisheries rely on purse-seine nets, a method that captures schooling fish by encircling them with a large wall of netting.
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025
Security forces launched a "large-scale operation" after encircling the camp "with the aim of handing over French members wanted by their government", said Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
I act casual, but cartoon birds tweet around our heads, encircling us with garlands of paper hearts.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
