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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
Kidston, mayor of the village encircled by the township, had requested a special meeting.
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Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2025
Wolves track, pursue and encircle prey using only positional awareness of their packmates, proving that teamwork can arise naturally—without a leader.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The move raises the prospect of Russian forces cutting Ukrainian supply lines and encircling Kyiv's troops.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Everyone privy to the plan knew that Henry’s charter plane, a 13-seat Gulfstream, could not land directly in Port-au-Prince, where gangs had encircled the main airport, part of a broad and unprecedented assault on the country’s core institutions.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2025
Wolves track, pursue and encircle prey using only positional awareness of their packmates, proving that teamwork can arise naturally—without a leader.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The move raises the prospect of Russian forces cutting Ukrainian supply lines and encircling Kyiv's troops.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Everyone privy to the plan knew that Henry’s charter plane, a 13-seat Gulfstream, could not land directly in Port-au-Prince, where gangs had encircled the main airport, part of a broad and unprecedented assault on the country’s core institutions.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encircle
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Jonah Hill is circling to headline, write and direct Cut Off for Warner Bros.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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Dolphins circled the capsule as divers readied it for hoisting onto the recovery ship.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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To be sure, despite the haze surrounding the economy, Powell remains clear on one thing that should prove reassuring to investors: The risks of a U.S. recession remain low.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2025
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And the positivity surrounding it is annoying, including my own.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Corporate boardrooms and executive teams will need to traverse this new landscape, by weighing the risks of maintaining their DEI teams and initiatives against the potential fallout of revising their DEI policies—or abandoning their efforts completely.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The book is a coming-of-age tale about a music obsessive who traversed the big city, digging through crates, hounding heroes like DJ Stretch Armstrong, and developing a distinct style over the course of countless late-night gigs.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2025
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In 1963, Dutch scientist Peter van de Kamp claimed to have discovered the first exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star, but the discovery was later found to be an error related to disturbances in his telescope.—
Rudy Molinek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encircle. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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