Example Sentences

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The operation's name - "matryoshkas" are Russian nesting dolls - mirrors its method, which encases an original false claim in layers of ambient re-posts from old or hacked social media accounts.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Most quantum computers include a component casually referred to as a “fridge,” a cryogenic enclosure that encases the processor and keeps it cold.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Indeed, “American Fiction’s” fervent admirers have suggested that its satire is merely the Trojan horse that encases a warm family-drama heart, but even that juxtaposition suggests just how little the individual elements really jell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Its signature roast pork is a two-part winner: that bronzed, blistery skin encases an interior of moist white meat with a floor of fat that melts on your tongue.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Agnew and Hamilton knew from their years practicing military surgery that the human body often encases a bullet in a cyst, or sac, making it harmless.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow