A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
communication satellites encircling the earth
Recent Examples on the WebThe living spaces would encircle two, five-level parking garages, each with hundreds of spots.—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024 Active black holes are encircled by intense brightness and billion-degree heat, given off by matter falling toward them—think of the fire of an incoming asteroid—while the black hole itself is unthinkably cold, a tiny fraction of a degree above absolute zero.—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024 Saginaw, a Democratic stronghold, is encircled by predominantly Republican areas within the larger county.—Joey Cappelletti, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024 Everyone privy to the plan knew that Henry’s charter plane, a 13-seat Gulfstream, could not land directly in Port-au-Prince, where gangs had encircled the main airport, part of a broad and unprecedented assault on the country’s core institutions.—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024 In this dining room, wooden wishbone chairs encircle a matching midcentury-style table.—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2024 An island green encircled by a vast lake on all sides, but for a thin land bridge, the dreams of countless golfers fighting to clinch the PGA Tour’s flagship event – The Players Championship – have sunk into a watery grave alongside their ball.—Jack Bantock, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 The eastern half was dominated by a massive warehouse encircled by roads and parking spaces; undergirding the industrial space were two rows of single family residences.—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024 Following initial Russian setbacks in the attempt to encircle Ukraine from three sides and capture Kyiv, Putin announced a partial mobilization in September 2022.—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
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