as in containment
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Noun
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The fire remains active with no timeline for full containment.—
Ryan Brennan
April 24,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026 -
That total does not include the Pineland Road Fire, which is estimated to have burned more than 29,600 acres and is 10% contained, or another fire in Brantley County, now estimated at 4,438 acres with 15% containment.—
Kathryn Prociv,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s strategy of encirclement of Israel had collapsed, and its ballistic-missile counterpunch was largely deflected by Israeli and Western defenses.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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The latest drills appear set to follow a similar encirclement strategy.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
29 Dec. 2025
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By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Similar to the isolation tactic of love bombing, this is another part of the gaslighting process.—
Kathy and Ross Petrass,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Encompassment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encompassment. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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