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Recent Examples of envelop There’s no such thing as casual right now; everything is enveloped in meaning and impossible to resist. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 In a scene of cheers and tears, she was enveloped by the crowd. Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025 Elsewhere a young pirate boy grins so broadly that the bottom half of his face is enveloped in a perfect semicircle of teeth. Maya Phillips, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Our subject was also complicated by the myths that enveloped it. Sarah Botstein, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for envelop
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Verb
  • The site has housed many historical figures over the years, from Queen Margaret to Mary, Queen of Scots.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The company houses other productions, not least an upcoming reimagination of Dick Van Dyke family classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which is in the works with Amazon MGM Studios.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Paired with her black latex gown and a silver necklace stack, Simpson’s hair embodied the ultimate Y2K archetype wrapped in muddy coloring.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The cups are made using a special Flexicup fabric that stretches with you, and one-of-a-kind Floataway Wire is wrapped in airflow mesh that stays put with zero digging.
    Ali Faccenda, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The new experiment will be enclosed under a kilometer of rock in the Stawell Gold Mine, located in regional Victoria, Australia.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In 2004, Rader resumed sending letters, including one to The Wichita Eagle, enclosing Wegerle’s drivers license and photos of the crime scene.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The next movie from the multi-Oscar winning Everything Everywhere All at Once duo is shrouded in secrecy.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But presidential library plans were shrouded in secrecy in the days leading up to the September board meeting.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Acknowledging the club’s payroll constraints and the up-in-the-air ownership situation following reports that John Fisher intends to sell the team, Arena said the Quakes need to surround players like Martinez and Christian Espinoza, one of the top scoring duos in the league, with more talent.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Council members faced resident uproar in recent years over issues surrounding zoning, affordable housing and the city’s attempts to build a community center.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The attack led to the museum’s decision to encase the Mona Lisa behind protective glass.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The living room, encased in dark mahogany panelling, looked onto a drab alleyway filled with trash bins, and the apartment’s two floors were connected by a narrow spiral staircase that risked putting parents in mind of a broken neck.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There, protesters confined to an area of downtown Los Angeles clashed with federal agents.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And once that happens, the risks do not stay confined to one company.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That includes Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro headset, which has struggled to attract developers and resonate with buyers, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Admirers can switch between nine lighting modes, including warm white and multicolor hues, as well as flickering and flashing light shows.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Envelop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envelop. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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