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Israel’s Parks Authority has fenced off the section of beach where Yulia has come ashore to rest, and dispatched volunteers to monitor her from a distance.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

His brother has fenced sparingly as a substitute.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2020

India has fenced off the Kashmir region from Pakistan.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2020

Saudi Arabia has fenced itself off from Yemen and the United Arab Emirates and is working on a giant wall and ditch along its border with Iraq.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2017

"The longer you look at it the less you'll like it," said Roger Braund cheerfully—for our English comrade often came over for a chat when we had pitched camp—"Monseigneur has fenced himself in marvellously well."

From For The Admiral by Marx, W.J.