The tugboat encircles the iceberg with a rope and nudges it next to the barge.

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Situated roughly equidistant from Hawaii, Japan and Australia, the atoll encircles the world's largest lagoon.

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The crust of a pasty encircles the meat, a kind of Anglophile burrito.

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Green belts are a way to control the growth of towns and cities by protecting the countryside that encircles them.

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These smartphones have intriguing design features including the "transparent element", a band that encircles the base of the phone and also integrates invisible antenna components.

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As the convoy growled down Highway One, the national ring road that encircles the whole country, the turret machine-gunner rotated left and right, scanning the roadside.

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Across the bay from Rio, it perches on a cliff-top - an upturned flying saucer, its curves reflected in a pool which encircles its central pillar.

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These smartphones also have an instantly recognizable design with the "transparent element, " a band that encircles the base of the phone and also integrates invisible antenna components.

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Much of India's call-centre industry, which employs roughly 300, 000 agents, is located outside the ring road that encircles Bangalore, in a string of smart new business parks with tidy lawns and private security.

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