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ensheathe

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Definition of ensheathe

as in to armor

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Workers have been frantically building an emergency revetment — placing rocks on the coast to armor the shoreline against the waves — to shore up the roadway, located on a narrow strip of coastline pinched between the ocean and a cliff.

— Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
So much of what this moment is asking of you involves your willingness to de-armor yourself and lean into the trust fall.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

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The spacecraft recently got its last glimpse of terrestrial light before being encapsulated in its rocket's protective payload fairing last week and is imminently bound for liftoff.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
One of his lines of research seeks to distill our familiar world from the disorienting Hilbert space that encapsulates all the ways the universe could possibly be.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

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While the Anaheim Ducks, located a stone’s throw from Angel Stadium, are in the midst of a massive refurbishment project, the area surrounding the baseball stadium is largely dormant.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
In the middle of the space was a single Supersonic dryer suspended on a boom arm and surrounded by microphones.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of surround

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Phenomenal energy, and the world outside, cocooned behind high-grade drywall.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Only guests in the larger rooms gain access to the rooftop, with its heated pool, and the Vault bar, arguably the highlight of the whole affair, cocooned among 3,000 gleaming safe deposit boxes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

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