1
as in to circle
to travel completely around
communication satellites encircling the earth
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as in to surround
to form a circle around
immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends
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Recent Examples of encircle
It is encircled by textile screens, which show snippets from the textile-making process and the work-in-progress of the exhibition itself.
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Denni Hu, WWD, 19 Mar. 2025
Tubular structures framed the models’ faces and encircled their hips, creating the illusion of exaggerated proportions, while pleats unfolded like corollas.
—Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The dawn attack unfurled ahead of talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia on seeking an end of the three-year-war and as Russian forces try to encircle thousands of Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk.
—Guy Faulconbridge and Anton Kolodyazhnyy, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Numerous tour operators offer boating excursions encircling it.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Denni Hu, WWD, 19 Mar. 2025
Tubular structures framed the models’ faces and encircled their hips, creating the illusion of exaggerated proportions, while pleats unfolded like corollas.
—Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The dawn attack unfurled ahead of talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia on seeking an end of the three-year-war and as Russian forces try to encircle thousands of Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk.
—Guy Faulconbridge and Anton Kolodyazhnyy, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Numerous tour operators offer boating excursions encircling it.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encircle
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Several minutes later, the witness said a police helicopter began circling the area, and two officers later hiked up the mountain to the shooting scene to speak with witnesses and look for evidence.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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A lot of people binge-watch 10 episodes of an HBO show that’s a lot of filler, circling the drain.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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The search immediately began for the missing college student with family, friends and police scouring the area surrounding the bar where Shaffer was last seen.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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At least one lawsuit surrounding the Seaquarium is currently underway.—
Dylan Gentile,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Corporate boardrooms and executive teams will need to traverse this new landscape, by weighing the risks of maintaining their DEI teams and initiatives against the potential fallout of revising their DEI policies—or abandoning their efforts completely.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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When trans people are so often portrayed as existing in isolation from other people, this documentary is a joy to watch as Harper and Will traverse the country making each other laugh and drinking bad beer.—
Kate Sosin,
Them.,
27 Mar. 2025
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In 1963, Dutch scientist Peter van de Kamp claimed to have discovered the first exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star, but the discovery was later found to be an error related to disturbances in his telescope.—
Rudy Molinek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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Both had lived on the orbiting lab before and knew the ropes, and brushed up on their station training before rocketing away.—
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arkansasonline.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encircle. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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