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I'd rather ascend mountains on repeat, with a home encircled by eagles, than dwell among city gazes, witnessing gossip and indifference towards fellow humans. For humans construct mountains, complicating lives, whereas a real mountain is simpler for me to conquer. – Yvonne Padmos	added by anonymous 2 months ago
We have to think about our people first and no one should be surrounded, encircled – this is very important, the military sees for themselves that we have to stay strong there despite the fact that Russia ruined the whole city and everything there. – President Volodymyr Zelensky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We can’t do that, because all ways are blocked, all ways are blocked and right now we are encircled — everywhere is Russians and we don’t have a way to evacuate the people. And everyone who had plans to evacuate himself already moved. – Vitali Klitschko	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Even Netanyahu's main rivals believe that any Palestinian entity that is established in the West Bank should be completely encircled by Israel, having no border with Jordan, the annexation plan shouldn't be dismissed as election bluster. If reelected, Netanyahu will be under tremendous pressure to implement it. – Nathan Thrall	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Thanks to this new geomagnetic survey, we have learned that the space encircled by the citys walls was fully developed and that its population was large enough even to spill beyond the citys walls, just as importantly, this was happening in a period long thought to be characterized by urban decline and demographic collapse. – Noel Lenski	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
There is recent progress in Iraq. Three-thousand U.S.-trained and equipped Iraqi forces are among those who have encircled Ramadi and are poised for an operation to retake the city from ISIS. Shipments of U.S. weapons are finally arriving to fighters in a timely fashion. But while Defense Ash Carter has not ruled out the use of forward air controllers, Defense Ash Carter said : I talked about that with our commanders … here. They have not recommended us taking that step at this time. Critics in Washington, like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., have excoriated commanders for not recommending them. Obviously ISIS is winning in Iraq and for you not to be in favor of us having forward air controllers on the ground in some scholastic answer, you know full well as I do -- forward air controllers make the difference. – John McCain	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It was always within their territory because they'd encircled it, (the separatists contended), although that's not the way the West or Kiev perceived it. – Paton Walsh	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's no accident that the church and the graveyard stand side by side. The city of the dead sleeps encircled by the city of the living. – Andrew Schneider	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I'd rather ascend mountains on repeat, with a home encircled by eagles, than dwell among city gazes, witnessing gossip and indifference towards fellow humans. For humans construct mountains, complicating lives, whereas a real mountain is simpler for me to conquer.

– Yvonne Padmos

added by anonymous
2 months ago

We have to think about our people first and no one should be surrounded, encircled – this is very important, the military sees for themselves that we have to stay strong there despite the fact that Russia ruined the whole city and everything there.

– President Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We can’t do that, because all ways are blocked, all ways are blocked and right now we are encircled — everywhere is Russians and we don’t have a way to evacuate the people. And everyone who had plans to evacuate himself already moved.

– Vitali Klitschko

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Even Netanyahu's main rivals believe that any Palestinian entity that is established in the West Bank should be completely encircled by Israel, having no border with Jordan, the annexation plan shouldn't be dismissed as election bluster. If reelected, Netanyahu will be under tremendous pressure to implement it.

– Nathan Thrall

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Thanks to this new geomagnetic survey, we have learned that the space encircled by the citys walls was fully developed and that its population was large enough even to spill beyond the citys walls, just as importantly, this was happening in a period long thought to be characterized by urban decline and demographic collapse.

– Noel Lenski

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

There is recent progress in Iraq. Three-thousand U.S.-trained and equipped Iraqi forces are among those who have encircled Ramadi and are poised for an operation to retake the city from ISIS. Shipments of U.S. weapons are finally arriving to fighters in a timely fashion. But while Defense Ash Carter has not ruled out the use of forward air controllers, Defense Ash Carter said : I talked about that with our commanders … here. They have not recommended us taking that step at this time. Critics in Washington, like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., have excoriated commanders for not recommending them. Obviously ISIS is winning in Iraq and for you not to be in favor of us having forward air controllers on the ground in some scholastic answer, you know full well as I do -- forward air controllers make the difference.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It was always within their territory because they'd encircled it, (the separatists contended), although that's not the way the West or Kiev perceived it.

– Paton Walsh

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's no accident that the church and the graveyard stand side by side. The city of the dead sleeps encircled by the city of the living.

– Andrew Schneider

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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