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ensheathed

verb

past tense of ensheathe

as in encapsulated

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Both sides of that football personality were encapsulated in Webb’s first meaningful college game.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
That plea encapsulated both the defense’s success on the night and also showed possible desperation as Golden Valley aimed to hold onto a slim lead.

— Matt Wagner, Daily News, 5 Sep. 2026

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Phenomenal energy, and the world outside, cocooned behind high-grade drywall.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Only guests in the larger rooms gain access to the rooftop, with its heated pool, and the Vault bar, arguably the highlight of the whole affair, cocooned among 3,000 gleaming safe deposit boxes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

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Silly, witty, and sociable, the duo moved to Durham Cottage in London, where there were happy days surrounded by everyone from John Gielgud to Graham Greene, Orson Welles, John and Mary Mills, Noël Coward, and William Wyler.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Her work surrounded them, and her studio, the grandest space in the house, stood open just beyond the living room.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 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

Definition of enfolded

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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
Standard galactic black holes are ringed by a thick doughnut of gas and dust, which can block most X-rays.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

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