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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
One of them lifted him into a sitting position and gestured out at the void, which Akasha now saw was filled with infinite other groups of light-entities encircling infinite other people, each of them either waking or falling asleep.
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Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Pochettino was asked multiple times about Pulisic’s interview, which added only another layer of drama to the narratives now encircling this team.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 15 June 2025
The pendant itself is an image of the Virgin Mary, encircled by a sunburst-like filigree frame.
—Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 11 June 2025
And gazing out at the magnificent views, as hummingbirds and orioles encircle the feeders.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
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Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Pochettino was asked multiple times about Pulisic’s interview, which added only another layer of drama to the narratives now encircling this team.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 15 June 2025
The pendant itself is an image of the Virgin Mary, encircled by a sunburst-like filigree frame.
—Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 11 June 2025
And gazing out at the magnificent views, as hummingbirds and orioles encircle the feeders.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encircle
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Dude’s a lifelong utility player — rock solid on guitar and vocals with the family band, while Willie circles the beat, and a team player with frequent Neil Young backing crew Promise of the Real.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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If all goes to plan, the spacecraft will circle Earth two or three times and then be recovered.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 June 2025
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Seven-year-old Zeina roams the hills that surround her village on a rusty bike.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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Naylor is surrounded in the Diamondbacks lineup by hitters like Corbin Carroll, Ketel Marte, Geraldo Perdomo, and Eugenio Suarez.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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By definition, anybody attempting to move through Venice will meet some, or several, bodies of water to be traversed.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County offers for loan two lightweight, all-terrain wheelchairs, each designed to traverse dirt, gravel, grass, snow and mud, spokeswoman Beth Schirott said.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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The crew of four will spend two weeks at the orbiting lab, performing dozens of experiments.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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The astronauts are due to arrive at the orbiting lab Thursday morning.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encircle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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