Example Sentences

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When President Trump was asked about the China encircling Taiwan at a news conference on Monday, he shrugged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

These fisheries rely on purse-seine nets, a method that captures schooling fish by encircling them with a large wall of netting.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

By early October the ring completely surrounded the city - with a smaller barricade encircling a neighbouring village.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Security forces launched a "large-scale operation" after encircling the camp "with the aim of handing over French members wanted by their government", said Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

Up overhead, in the shadows of the ceiling, Charlotte crouched unseen, her front legs encircling her egg sac.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White