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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
The top three seal options feature a right whale, a chickadee encircled by turkey feathers, and a star with other elements like water and hills.
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State House News Service, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Its grounds stretch all the way down to the seafront, framed by umbrella pines and swaying palms—while two circular pools shimmer beneath the sun, encircled by Bali beds.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Basinger offers insight into one of the key components of the studio’s indelible logo featuring mountaintop encircled by a ring of stars.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
State Park Campgrounds As a day-use park, Wild Horse Island doesn’t allow camping, though camper-friendly state parks encircle Flathead Lake.
—Anna Staropoli, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
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State House News Service, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Its grounds stretch all the way down to the seafront, framed by umbrella pines and swaying palms—while two circular pools shimmer beneath the sun, encircled by Bali beds.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Basinger offers insight into one of the key components of the studio’s indelible logo featuring mountaintop encircled by a ring of stars.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
State Park Campgrounds As a day-use park, Wild Horse Island doesn’t allow camping, though camper-friendly state parks encircle Flathead Lake.
—Anna Staropoli, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encircle
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The altitude is low enough to allow for things like satellites to circle Earth fairly quickly.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Just before midnight on Friday, August 22nd, insects circled the bright lights outside the Texas state capitol and sprinklers watered the lawn.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Jets also failed twice to convert on two-point conversions, once in the first half (Braelon Allen was stuffed) and again in the fourth quarter — after needlessly burning a timeout, Fields forced a throw to Wilson, surrounded by three defensive backs, in the back right corner of the end zone.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Fire containment Understanding what 14% containment means Containment indicates what percentage of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Patient data traverses unsecured networks in jurisdictions beyond the scope of oversight.—
Douglas B. Laney,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Much of the rest of the hike was dry and traversed gentle gravel bars or smooth limestone expanses, skirting the edges of grassy bluffs and rocky cliffs.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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That means spacecraft orbiting Mars are in play.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 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,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encircle. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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