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enframed

verb

past tense of enframe

as in surrounded

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Cherished relatives died alone in hospital rooms surrounded by sterile machines and an ever-rotating set of masked medical personnel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
And at the L’Anse-Pleureuse rest area on Route 198, just outside Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, the view of a lake surrounded by mountainous terrain is well worth a stop.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

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With that official, the Astros encircled Espada in the visitors’ batting cage at Sutter Health Park.

— Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026
Ironically, the city’s position in a beautiful valley—encircled by the ridges of the Cumberland Plateau, at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains—also led to some persistent environmental issues.

— Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

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Where the Eleousa pressed mother and child cheek to cheek and Cassatt enfolded mothers around their infants, de Monteflores goes further, disappearing the mother’s face entirely behind her child’s.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
But the idea of a single galaxy’s stars being enfolded into the Milky Way is intriguing and worthy of further study, Battersby said.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 May 2026

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Since Guadagnino’s first feature in 1999, The Protagonists, a mockumentary starring Tilda Swinton as a filmmaker re-creating a real-life murder in London, his work has encompassed a variety of plots, tones, and textures.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
This overarching label encompassed Anabaptists, Baptists, Brownists, Levelers, Antinomians, Presbyterians, Ranters and many of the highly individual prophets and seers of 1640s Britain.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

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Outside a rehearsal space in this city ringed by mountains, opera singer Michael Kuhn was practicing fly casting.

— Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026
If your glasses always come out of the dishwasher looking cloudy or your faucets are ringed with white residue, hard water could be the reason.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

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In some states, people who were convicted of a felony or are currently incarcerated are also restricted from voting.

— TIME Staff, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
Data center opposition is growing in Europe More than 70 data center projects in Europe were rejected or restricted between January and April — more than in all of 2025, according to the European Data Center Monitor.

— April Roach,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

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While this may be framed as a military problem, the problem stems from the decade before a young person reaches enlistment age.

— Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
Brown handbags are being framed as a warmer alternative to the standard black bag, while tonal dressing extends the palette across entire outfits.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026

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But as an American of Chinese heritage, her travel was circumscribed by the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
In the course of the film, Hargitay reevaluates her mom, forming a fuller picture of how Mansfield’s career choices were circumscribed by the egregious sexism of the 1950s and ‘60s.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

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