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as in circling
to travel completely around
communication satellites encircling the earth
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as in encompassing
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 encircling
Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
Live-fire activities would take place in five maritime and airspace zones encircling the island on Tuesday, according to information released by the command.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
The silk-crepe and chiffon dress features a gauzy pink, iridescent overlay and fuschia lining with a halterneck style top fastened with candy pink feathers, and more feathers encircling the hips.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
Styled by Law Roach for the occasion, the musician wore Giuseppe Zanotti Intriigo Claire 105 sandals, a style with thin straps zigzagging across the foot and more encircling the ankle.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
Astronomers have unveiled a stunning new gallery of dusty rings encircling young stars, revealing the intricate architecture of developing planetary systems.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
There is a lot of red—99 naval and coast guard vessels, to be precise, completely encircling Taiwan during PLA exercises last December.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The vents encircling the stand’s rounded top handle cooling.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
The Ring of Fire is a vast tectonic belt encircling much of the Pacific Ocean, known for its intense seismic and volcanic activity.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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For two days, Chinese warships and aircraft simulated a blockade of the global chip hub with live-fire exercises encircling the main island, while dozens of rockets struck waters near its northern and eastern ends on Tuesday.
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Since then, the bustling market serves the surrounding and significant Latino community and others.—
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So instead, to keep costs down and power up, the Starcloud satellite flies what is known as a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, circling the planet at a near vertical 83° angle that carries it over the poles and keeps it almost constantly exposed to the sun.—
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Deadline had revealed that both were circling over the past few weeks and Amazon has now said that Isaacs will play Atlas DeMornay, one of the canon roles, and Weaver will be Evelyn Wallis, a mysterious, high-flying woman who is keen to exploit Lara’s talents.—
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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.—
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The astronauts, known as Crew-11, arrived at the International Space Station in early August and had been expected to stay aboard the orbiting laboratory until late February.—
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The two planets, roughly four times the size of Earth, were discovered to be orbiting around a millisecond pulsar star named PSR B1257+12, which is 2,300 light-years away.—
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So mature, his conviction, his instincts, his fearlessness, and to give something which is so different yet so connecting.—
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Mariners traversing the bar are urged to exercise extreme caution or stay in port until the threat subsides.—
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Walkers and bikers traversing down the path and a new bridge will see two new pavilions as well as the Athletic Club Boise Stadium, where a new professional soccer team whose name and colors were revealed in 2025 will play.—
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From the pews, those gathered joined musicians, clapping and raising their hands in the air to begin the service.—
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So Garcia re-joined in tricky circumstances, and with a lot of expectation on his shoulders.—
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The feathery-looking gills also molt and remain attached inside near the legs.—
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The dining room, located in an attached structure connected to the original 1882 building, is called The Home Room.—
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“Encircling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encircling. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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