Thesaurus results for ENCIRCLES

encircles

verb

present tense third-person singular of encircle

as in traverses

to travel completely around communication satellites encircling the earth

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to form a circle around immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends

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Recent Examples of encircles The paint color that encircles the wallpaper is important, but Chloe Redmond Warner says the bread should be the least exciting part of this sandwich. — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026 The butterfly encircles Larsson's eye, with its wings spanning the whole area from her inner brow to well past its tip. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 July 2026 In the center of Washington Park is a lagoon, which once weaved in a crescent shape around a peninsula in a configuration that annoyed boaters, but now encircles a central island called Bynum Island. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 15 June 2026 The Chicago Outerbelt, a 210-mile trail that encircles the city, intrigued our copy editor. — Diane Penningroth, Midwest Living, 12 June 2026 Many travelers choose to explore the area via the Ring of Kerry, the scenic drive that encircles the peninsula. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026 The tubing with inline emitters, shown at bottom, encircles a citrus. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026 The polar jet stream is a ribbon of air that encircles the Northern Hemisphere at high altitudes and determines atmospheric pressure patterns. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026 Instead, a bright ring of sunlight encircles the moon's silhouette, often called a 'ring of fire'. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026

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Things to do 🧑‍🍳Famous chef Roy Choi traverses Los Angeles for lobster noodles and spicy tofu.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
The canal traverses the Isthmus of Suez, which is the sole land bridge between Africa and Asia.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of traverses

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Uncertainty, however, surrounds the future of striker Jean-Philippe Mateta.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
In a separate attack, local authorities said two people were killed Saturday afternoon in a Russian ballistic missile strike on the Kyiv region, which surrounds the capital.

— Volodymyr Yurchuk, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrounds

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The job search can be a draining process, especially when applications go unanswered, AI hysteria circles the internet, and interviews end with little to no feedback.

— Alyshia Hull, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Whenever the calendar comes out, Amanda Mendoza VanCleave circles the dates.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of circles

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Astronomers have discovered a new ocean world outside the solar system that orbits extremely close to its parent star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The new definition of a planet, according to Nat Geo, is an object that orbits the Sun, is large enough to have become round (due to the force of its own gravity) and dominates the neighborhood around its orbit.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of orbits

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There are various reasons that rings true for professionals looking to become leaders.

— Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
But for anyone who remembers the subprime housing meltdown — which preceded the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession — turning real assets into complex securitized vehicles inevitably rings a few alarm bells.

— Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of rings

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Once the inventory crosses that hard threshold, the law explicitly prohibits these routine limited drawdowns.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Pluto fails at this because its orbit actually crosses Neptune's, and it's accompanied by other Kuiper belt objects in neighboring orbits.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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