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Examples of encircle in a Sentence
A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
communication satellites encircling the earth
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As long as Iran continues to press in its strategy of encircling Israel, and funneling advanced weapons to militant proxies that threaten Israeli population centers, Israel will be compelled to pursue its countervailing campaign against Iran.
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Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
Russia launched three Iskander cruise missiles at the city, which is just 60 miles from the Russian border and was nearly encircled by Russian troops in early 2022.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Some of the nation saw a total solar eclipse, when the moon is encircled by a ring of light, or a corona, from the sun.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
This corps encircled Lincoln’s carriage and began the march.
—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
The term banlieue, as these working-class neighborhoods that encircle Paris are known, has become a pejorative in a country in which the ethnonationalist far right is surging amid mounting disillusionment with centrist President Emmanuel Macron.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
In a total eclipse, the Moon fully blocks the Sun from Earth view, while during an annular eclipse, a narrow ring of sunlight can be seen encircling the Moon.
—Cassandra Runyon, The Conversation, 22 Mar. 2024
The living spaces would encircle two, five-level parking garages, each with hundreds of spots.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024
Active black holes are encircled by intense brightness and billion-degree heat, given off by matter falling toward them—think of the fire of an incoming asteroid—while the black hole itself is unthinkably cold, a tiny fraction of a degree above absolute zero.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
Russia launched three Iskander cruise missiles at the city, which is just 60 miles from the Russian border and was nearly encircled by Russian troops in early 2022.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Some of the nation saw a total solar eclipse, when the moon is encircled by a ring of light, or a corona, from the sun.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
This corps encircled Lincoln’s carriage and began the march.
—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
The term banlieue, as these working-class neighborhoods that encircle Paris are known, has become a pejorative in a country in which the ethnonationalist far right is surging amid mounting disillusionment with centrist President Emmanuel Macron.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
In a total eclipse, the Moon fully blocks the Sun from Earth view, while during an annular eclipse, a narrow ring of sunlight can be seen encircling the Moon.
—Cassandra Runyon, The Conversation, 22 Mar. 2024
The living spaces would encircle two, five-level parking garages, each with hundreds of spots.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024
Active black holes are encircled by intense brightness and billion-degree heat, given off by matter falling toward them—think of the fire of an incoming asteroid—while the black hole itself is unthinkably cold, a tiny fraction of a degree above absolute zero.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encircle. Accessed 26 Apr. 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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