as in wraps
to surround or cover closely
circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting
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Accordingly, a lot of the pieces were made-to-measure, including a bench that wraps around the breakfast nook table and a sofa in the main living room.—
Ludovica Stevan,
Architectural Digest,
22 Mar. 2026 -
The piece wraps four walls at Lisson gallery, where Akomfrah montages archival and new footage.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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This ornament, situating them as something between a throw pillow and a hand muff, shrouds the thick-boned fore- and hindquarters that give them a characteristic rolling gait.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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And then there’s all the emerging tech, like a device that shrouds your body in inflammation-reducing red light at Carillon’s Miami Wellness Resort’s Inner Glow retreat, and a zero-gravity recliner at Canyon Ranch Lenox that can rescue you from menopausal rage at its M/Power retreat.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2026
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The film, set in 1920s Montana, unwraps the lives of the Burbank brothers, Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George (Jesse Plemons), after George marries lonely widow Rose Gordon (Kirsten Dunst), setting surly Phil into a tailspin of cruelty that envelops the family.—
Sezin Devi Keohler,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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That bite grows over the course of around 90 minutes until our shadow fully envelops the orb.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
1 Mar. 2026
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This process continues for decades until eventually, one day, immune mediators rupture the cap that encloses the plaque.—
Mary J. Scourboutakos,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Circumfuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumfuses. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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