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A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
communication satellites encircling the earth
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Yoon defended his decision for troops to be deployed at the election commission as other forces were encircling the National Assembly.
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Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Roche, for decades the Met’s master planner and resident architect, answered all that excess by encircling the complex with severe walls of glass and blocks of concrete.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday, special forces troops were observed encircling the parliament building and army helicopters were hovering over it.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Cyber threats have unlimited range, adversary satellites encircle us day and night, and drones are fundamentally changing how war is conducted.
—Todd Harrison, TIME, 7 Dec. 2024
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Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Roche, for decades the Met’s master planner and resident architect, answered all that excess by encircling the complex with severe walls of glass and blocks of concrete.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
On Tuesday, special forces troops were observed encircling the parliament building and army helicopters were hovering over it.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Cyber threats have unlimited range, adversary satellites encircle us day and night, and drones are fundamentally changing how war is conducted.
—Todd Harrison, TIME, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encircle. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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encircle
verb
en·cir·cle
in-ˈsər-kəl 
1
: to form a circle around : surround
2
: to go completely around
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