1
as in to circle
to travel completely around
communication satellites encircling the earth
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as in to surround
to form a circle around
immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends
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Recent Examples of encircle
The site lies miles from any urban center, encircled by swampland and wildlife, with natural barriers of alligators and pythons that state officials argue would deter escapes.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
As of Monday evening, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
The tubing with inline emitters, shown at bottom, encircles a citrus.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
At its heart was a collection of homes encircling a small building painted white and blue.
—Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
As of Monday evening, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
The tubing with inline emitters, shown at bottom, encircles a citrus.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
At its heart was a collection of homes encircling a small building painted white and blue.
—Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encircle
Verb
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The recorded flight path shows the aircraft circled a few times before landing.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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The plane returned less than an hour after takeoff, circling twice before landing back at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
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The Willis Tower in Chicago surrounding by air pollution in July 2023.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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As many as 100 undiscovered galaxies that are too faint to be seen could be surrounding the galaxy that houses Earth and the solar system, new research has found.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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Zion is popular with adventure travelers for challenging hikes such as The Narrows, where hikers traverse Zion Canyon through its narrowest section, which has 1,000-foot-tall walls.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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The results are occasionally adorable: This is a film in which our heroes have to rattle around in a spaceship, Interstellar style, to travel through a wormhole, while other characters can traverse the far reaches of the universe with a surfboard.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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Soviet spacecrafts were orbiting the earth while American rockets were exploding on the launch pad.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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While most satellite internet services operate from single geostationary satellites orbiting Earth at about 22,236 miles, Starlink is a constellation of thousands of satellites that operate from a low-Earth orbit, about 341 miles up.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
18 July 2025
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encircle. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.
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