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ensphered

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past tense of ensphere

as in encapsulated

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Ada’s overlapping cycles of initiation and desperation are intensely dramatic, but the movie’s hectic pace leaves each of them merely encapsulated in brief onscreen action or a few lines of dialogue, left undeveloped.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
The scene on the runway encapsulated the tumultuous diplomatic process, led by Pakistan and Qatar, that led to last week’s deal to end a war that destabilized the Middle East and damaged the world economy.

— E. Eduardo Castillo, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

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The controversial issue that arose on July 8 surrounded a police interview with Robinson’s roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Recently released pictures show his coffin next arriving in Karbala, surrounded by masses of people.

— Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026

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The island had gone from farm and pasture in the nineteenth century to nature preserves and residential property in the twentieth, its silvery shingled homes encircled by forests and deer.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Today, the Green is encircled by Whitfield, Broad, Park and Boston streets.

— Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026

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Recent ideas suggest that little red dots could be black holes cocooned in thick gas, possibly representing a completely new type of object called a black hole star, in which the tight shroud of gas emits light like a stellar atmosphere.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026
Occupiers of apartments and houses had grown used to all these sounds, which, far from disturbing their sleep, cocooned it.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

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