as in encircling
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as in protecting
to drive danger or attack away from
had worked as a bodyguard, fencing a number of pop stars at big events
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Recent Examples of fencing
Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
One restaurant, Lunasia Signature, at Colorado and Lake, has been affected by fencing around its entrance, and cement work in front of its new building.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 27 May 2026
The reports states that installing an in-ground pool can cost up to $67,000 with the additional pool fencing around $6,000.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 May 2026
To prevent groundhogs, make your yard less inviting by securing trash, trimming brush, and fencing your garden.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
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Verb
The contract was reached after several years of controversy about the festival’s use of a city park and fencing off its footprint from the surrounding community.
—Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
One restaurant, Lunasia Signature, at Colorado and Lake, has been affected by fencing around its entrance, and cement work in front of its new building.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 27 May 2026
The reports states that installing an in-ground pool can cost up to $67,000 with the additional pool fencing around $6,000.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 May 2026
To prevent groundhogs, make your yard less inviting by securing trash, trimming brush, and fencing your garden.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fencing
Adjective
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The system, which serves 100,000 residents in Iowa City and its surrounding, mostly rural communities, typifies the challenges most libraries face.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Since then, the bustling market serves the surrounding and significant Latino community and others.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Stoltzfus and his team are deeply involved in protecting the broader Platte River ecosystem, a vital habitat that supports more than 240 species, including terns and bald eagles, year-round.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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These burn areas create barriers around villages, headwaters and sensitive sites, protecting them from wildfires during peak drought.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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Znotins acknowledges that the airline makes prices for those non-connecting trips expensive to discourage non-connecting customers from booking them.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Gateway is modified to first repair the old 1910 tunnel immediately and construct a more economical new tunnel (without expensive and unneeded bench walls and cross-connecting passageways) and link it directly into Penn Station.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The park is also home to the Groton Monument, which is dedicated to the American soldiers who died while defending the fort.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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At that point, Brazil—the defending champions who would go on to win the tournament—leads 2-1 on a pair of goals by Garrincha.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Suzanna waits for hours in the bank’s vestibule—that practical but indeterminate space shielding the true interior from the intemperate outdoors—much to the bewilderment of the young security guard perched on a stool nearby.—
Laura Miller,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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Prosecutors say Ross shot and killed one victim, injured a young woman who was shielding her infant, and later recorded a rap song bragging about the murder.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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An attached hallway is decked out in murals of previous headliners, from Taylor Swift to Wrestlemania to monster trucks.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Rounding it all off is the aforementioned guest/pool house with a kitchen, plus an attached three-car garage.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Anunoby had been calling for the ball because no one was guarding him.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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With five miles of walls and hundreds of cannons guarding the harbor, Suomenlinna squelched the Russian threat (at least for the time being).—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
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“Fencing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fencing. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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