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A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
communication satellites encircling the earth
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Matt Gardner, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Steve Gosney, a Daytona Beach public defender, moved his family to Miami to start a job training new prosecutors and helping shore up some of the ethical issues that have encircled the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office this year.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Moscow's troops encircled the apartment, capturing the defenders.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
This valley formation encircles a mid-century Los Angeles cityscape, beautifully setting off a toxic radiation cloud that will soon kill millions of people.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encircle. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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encircle
verb
en·cir·cle
in-ˈsər-kəl 
1
: to form a circle around : surround
2
: to go completely around
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