Example Sentences
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Jupiter currently has more than 100 reported moons, while Saturn, which is also encircled by an extensive ring system, has more than 280.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Kolwezi, the closest town to the Kamoa site, is encircled by a dozen giant industrial mines.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Several hundred city residents, social justice activists, and dozens of Newark police officers encircled the DHS site where Baraka was being held.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
One soldier from Ukraine's 155th Brigade, Artem Pribylnov, rejected the notion that Ukrainian troops had been encircled in a "cauldron" at Pokrovsk.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
There was no other way to run; they had us encircled.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
