encompass
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“The blockade, if it only applies to the actual ports, can’t possibly encompass all of the supply chain of the oil, because naturally things are moving through ship-to-ship transfers,” Diakun said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It’s a challenge because this book is trying to encompass a universe, and so the writer has to make choices.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
Today’s reading didn’t encompass the 33% jump in oil prices that has taken place since the onset of the Iranian war.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
They encompass communities well beyond the fenced-off airbase of RAF Akrotiri, on the island's southern tip.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
Quicker and quicker, greedy, wanting to encompass everything, to miss not one iota of pleasure.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing encompass
Born a Crime
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The Things They Carried
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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